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KMID : 1094020080250020136
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics
2008 Volume.25 No. 2 p.136 ~ p.138
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Tongue Surgery of a Dairy Cow Showing a Consistent Intersucking Behavior
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Yong Hwan-Yul
Cho Jong-Ki
Kim Sung-Ki
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Abstract
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On a dairy farm, a Holstein cow had consistently shown an intersucking behavior within the milking herd. It has been considered as one of several behavioral disorders primarily coming from feeding management failure during weaning period. Due to their behavior, injured teats of other milking cows could decrease milk production. Through tongue surgery, by producing a convex shape of the dorsum of the tongue after suturing the excised ventral region, the intersucking behavior was forcefully corrected and disappeared thereafter within the dairy herd without any complications.
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KEYWORD
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cow, intersucking, tongue, surgery
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