A proposed novel food animal health care delivery system

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 231, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 854-860

  Remsburg, Darren W ^a   Galligan, David T ^a   Ferguson, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; REVIEW; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL TECHNICIANS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; VETERINARIANS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34548814997     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.231.6.854     Document Type: Review

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