Evaluation of producer-recorded causes of preweaning mortality in Danish sow herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 155-164

  Christensen, J ^a,b,d   Svensmark, B ^c  

^a Federation of Danish Pig Producers   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Fed Danish Pig Producers S   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Piglets; Preweaning mortality causes; Producer records

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LUNG DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STARVATION; SUCKLING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BODY WEIGHT; DENMARK; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STARVATION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031243461     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(96)01147-6     Document Type: Article

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