Explaining mastitis incidence in Dutch dairy farming: The influence of farmers' attitudes and behaviour

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 210-223

  Jansen, J ^a   van den Borne, B H P ^b   Renes, R J ^a   van Schaik, G ^c   Lam, T J G M ^c,d   Leeuwis, C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^d Dutch Udder Health Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitude; Behaviour; Management; Mastitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349843029     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.08.015     Document Type: Article

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