Four-year study of lameness in piglets at a research station

Veterinary Record

Volumn 153, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 323-328

  Zoric, M ^a   Stern, S ^b   Lundeheim, N ^b   Wallgren, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIHYDROSTREPTOMYCIN; ENROFLOXACIN; IRON DEXTRAN; PENICILLIN G; PIGERON; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; SULFONAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM; TYLOSIN;

AGE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; HERD; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUCKLING; SWINE; WEANING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0141565200     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.153.11.323     Document Type: Article

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