A survey of castration methods and associated livestock management practices performed by bovine veterinarians in the United States

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Coetzee, Johann F ^a   Nutsch, Abbey L ^a   Barbur, Laura A ^a   Bradburn, Ryan M ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORCHIECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CATTLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORCHIECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TETANUS TOXOID; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951900889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-6-12     Document Type: Article

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