An economic review of cattle lameness

Cattle Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-141

  Willshire, J A ^a   Bell, N J ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calculator; Cost; Digital; Digital dermatitis; Economic; Interdigital; Lameness; Sole ulcer; White line disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77957149965     PISSN: 09691251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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