Newborn Dairy Calf Management

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Mee, John F ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; BIRTH; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; STANDARD; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 43049133274     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2007.10.002     Document Type: Review

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