Questionnaire survey of disease prevalence and veterinary treatments in organic pig husbandry in the Netherlands

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 816-818

  van der Meulen, J ^a   van der Werf, J T N ^a   Kijlstra, A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; PSEUDORABIES VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC RHINITIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISINFECTION; ERYSIPELAS; HEALTH SURVEY; HYGIENE; LIVESTOCK; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PARVOVIRUS INFECTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PIG FARMING; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PSEUDORABIES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWINE DISEASE; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS INFECTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

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EID: 33846077419     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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