Familial occurrence of Danish and Dutch cases of the bovine brachyspina syndrome

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Agerholm, Jørgen S ^a   Peperkamp, Klaas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENETICS; LIMB MALFORMATION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; SPINE; SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEDIGREE; SPINE; SYNDROME;

EID: 34347255335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-3-8     Document Type: Article

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