Welfare in Danish Dairy Herds 2. Housing Systems and Grazing Procedures in 1983 and 1994

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-77

  Alban, L ^a   Agger, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

animal welfare; behaviour; cattle; descriptive epidemiology; health; questionnaires; surveys

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DENMARK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DATA COLLECTION; DENMARK; HOUSING, ANIMAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0029687333     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03548120     Document Type: Article

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