Expert opinions of strategies for milk fever control

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-78

  Sorensen, Jan Tind ^a,c   Østergaard, Soren ^a,c   Houe, Hans ^b,c   Hindhede, Jens ^a,c  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Research Centre for the Management of Animal Production and Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Control strategies; Dairy cattle; Expert opinion; Milk fever

Indexed keywords

ANION; CATION; ELECTROLYTE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; LACTATION; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIONS; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CATIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; LACTATION; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0037056885     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(02)00068-5     Document Type: Article

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