Footrot and interdigital dermatitis in sheep: Farmer satisfaction with current management, their ideal management and sources used to adopt new strategies

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 65-73

  Wassink, G J ^a   George, T R N ^a   Kaler, J ^a   Green, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correspondence analysis; Farmer opinion; Flock management; Lameness; Sheep

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DERMATITIS; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FEMALE; FOOT ROT; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PROCEDURES; SHEEP DISEASES; VETERINARY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DERMATITIS; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOT ROT; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77954383788     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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