Veterinary dairy herd health management in Europe Constraints and perspectives

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-32

  da Silva, J Cannas ^a   Noordhuizen, J P T M ^b,c   Vagneur, M ^d   Bexiga, R ^e   Gelfert, C C ^f   Baumgartner, W ^f  

^a Departamento de Clínica de Espécies Pecuárias   (Poland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c VACQA International   (Netherlands)

^d Veterinary Consultant in Animal Nutrition   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Bovine medicine; Bovine practitioner; Cattle diseases; Cattle medicine; Cattle practitioner; Dairy farming; Dairy herd health management; Economics; HACCP; Hazard analysis critical control points; Herd health and production management; HHPM; Management; Prophylaxis; Veterinary practice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL PRODUCT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRYING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; FOOD SAFETY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GRASSLAND; INVESTMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DAIRYING; EUROPE; MILK; QUALITY CONTROL; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 33645772706     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2006.9695203     Document Type: Article

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