Culling and mortality in breeding rabbits

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-127

  Rosell, J M ^a   de la Fuente, L F ^b  

^a Nanta   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Culling; Disease prevention; Mortality; Rabbit; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RABBIT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; RABBITS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 57849094928     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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