Farmers' practices and factors associated with the prevalence of all lameness and lameness attributed to interdigital dermatitis and footrot in sheep flocks in England in 2004

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 52-59

  Kaler, J ^a   Green, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Footrot; Interdigital dermatitis; Lameness; Negative binomial regression; Risk factors; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DATA COLLECTION; DERMATITIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70349295141     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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