Farm-level factors associated with above-average production on pig farms in Evia, Greece

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 163-166

  Theodoropoulos, G ^a   Stevens, K B ^b   Hartsa, A ^a   Theodoropoulou, H ^c   Pfeiffer, D U ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Farm characteristics; Farm management; Greece; Intestinal parasite; Pig; Productivity; Worming practices

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; LITTER SIZE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

SUIDAE;

EID: 67349162046     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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