Lameness and fetility of sows and gilts in radomly selected loose-housed herds in Finland

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 383-387

  Heinonen, M ^a   Oravainen, J ^a   Orro, T ^a   Seppa Lassila L ^a   Ala Kurikka, E ^a   Virolainen, J ^a   Tast, A ^a   Peltoniemi, O A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HAPTOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINLAND; HERD; HIGH FIBER DIET; LANDRACE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PARITY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; SWINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; FOOT DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; PREGNANCY; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 33749316753     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.159.12.383     Document Type: Article

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