Effectiveness of a non-surgical alternative to the Mules operation in sheep

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 142-147

  Levot, G W ^a   Rothwell, J T ^b   Sales, N ^a   Dawson, K L ^a   Lloyd, J B ^c  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN WOOL INNOVATION LIMITED   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cetrimide; Intradermal; Mulesing alternative; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CETRIMIDE; PHARMACEUTICAL VEHICLES AND ADDITIVES; POVIDONE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BUTTOCK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; SKIN; STANDARD; TAIL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BUTTOCKS; CETRIMONIUM COMPOUNDS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; PHARMACEUTIC AIDS; POVIDONE; SHEEP; SKIN; TAIL;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 63049128449     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2009.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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