A mixed methods inquiry: How dairy farmers perceive the value(s) of their involvement in an intensive dairy herd health management program

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Kristensen, Erling ^a,b   Enevoldsen, Carsten ^b  

^a StrateKo Aps   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAIRYING; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; DAIRYING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERINARIANS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 58449100424     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-50-50     Document Type: Article

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