Mortality in dairy cows transported to slaughter as affected by travel distance and seasonality

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 449-454

  Večerek, Vladimír ^a   Malena Jr , M ^b   Malena, M ^b   Voslarova E ^a   Bedanova I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b State Veterinary Administration   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cattle; Death rate; Journey time; Stress; Summer months; Welfare; Winter months

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 42349116209     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200675030449     Document Type: Article

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