Epidemiological information in sheep health management

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 57-66

  Green, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causality; Control of disease; Diagnosis; Diagnostic tests; Epidemiology; Evidence based medicine; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77955348505     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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