Welfare in Danish Dairy Herds 1. Disease Management Routines in 1983 and 1994

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-63

  Alban, L ^a   Agger, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

animal welfare; care; cattle; dairy cow; descriptive epidemiology; disease prevention; farm management; questionnaires; surveys

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DENMARK; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0029691489     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03548119     Document Type: Article

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