By Blanken, K. and Kant, P., Praktijkonderzoek Rundvee, Schapen en Paarden, 1998
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The effect of slatted floors of steel and concrete on claw health of cows was investigated during 1996-98 at the experimental farm Bosma Zathe in the Netherlands. Claw diseases were divided into infectious, mechanical and other diseases. The total number of diseases did not change significantly between floor types, but the type of disease changed on steel floors (more mechanical diseases and fewer infectious diseases during summer). Synthetic mats on steel floors reduced the number of mechanical diseases
The effect of slatted floors of steel and concrete on claw health of cows was investigated during 1996-98 at the experimental farm Bosma Zathe in the Netherlands. Claw diseases were divided into infectious, mechanical and other diseases. The total number of diseases did not change significantly between floor types, but the type of disease changed on steel floors (more mechanical diseases and fewer infectious diseases during summer). Synthetic mats on steel floors reduced the number of mechanical diseases
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