Welfare in Danish Dairy Herds 3. Health Management and General Routines in 1983 and 1994

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-97

  Agger, J F ^a   Alban, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

animal welfare; care; cattle; cow; descriptive epidemiology; disease prevention; questionnaire; surveillance; survey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0029691210     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03548121     Document Type: Article

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