Epidemiologic evaluation of decubital ulcers in farrowing sows

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 210, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1173-1178

  Davies, Peter R ^a   Morrow, W E Morgan ^a   Rountree, Wendy G ^a   Miller, Dale C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; LACTATION; PARITY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BACK; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0031569570     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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