Herd health and health management in organic versus conventional dairy herds in Norway

Livestock Science

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 123-132

  Valle, P S ^a   Lien, G ^b   Flaten, O ^b   Koesling, M ^b   Ebbesvik, M ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Health; Health records; Management; Organic farming

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 34848845554     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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