Footbaths: The solution to digital dermatitis?

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-13

  Nuss, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COPPER; FORMALDEHYDE; ZINC;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FOOT CARE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTOXICATION; MANURE; NONHUMAN; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PENETRATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPIROCHETE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DERMATITIS; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 30944438301     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2005.02.010     Document Type: Editorial

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