Body condition score as an indicator of ewe survival under extensive conditions

Animal Welfare

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-77

  Morgan Davies, Claire ^a   Waterhouse, A ^a   Pollock, M L ^a   Milner, J M ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Body condition scoring; Extensive conditions; Mortality; Sheep; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EWE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERD; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 38949187310     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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