Locomotive disorders associated with sow mortality in Danish pig herds

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 423-428

  Kirk, R K ^a   Svensmark, B ^a,b   Ellegaard, L P ^a,b   Jensen, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Danske Slagterier   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; FEMALE; FRACTURE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 27844591667     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2005.00747.x     Document Type: Article

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