Transportation of Cattle

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 305-320

  Fike, Karol ^a   Spire, Mark F ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Schering Plough Animal Health Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMMERCE; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33745281896     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2006.03.012     Document Type: Review

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