Analgesic drug administration and attitudes about analgesia in cattle among bovine practitioners in the United States

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 238, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 755-767

  Fajt, Virginia R ^a   Wagner, Sarah A ^a   Norby, Bo ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; MALE; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERINARIANS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 79953686214     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.238.6.755     Document Type: Article

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