Epidemiologic study of decubital ulcers in sows

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 208, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1058-1062

  Davies, Peter R ^a   Morrow, W E Morgan ^a   Miller, Dale C ^a   Deen, John ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; LABOR; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUERPERIUM; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; ODDS RATIO; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0030119683     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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