Health and growth of water buffalo calves in Nueva Ecija, the Philippines

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-100

  Gundran, Romeo S ^a,b   More, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL LUZON STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Bubalus bubalis; Longitudinal study; The Philippines; Water buffalo

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PHILIPPINES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BUFFALOES; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHILIPPINES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033620663     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(99)00034-3     Document Type: Article

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