The effect of grazing on cow mortality in Danish dairy herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 237-241

  Burow, E ^a   Thomsen, P T ^a   Sorensen J T ^a   Rousing, T ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal health; Cattle; Confinement; Death; Pasture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; DENMARK; FACTUAL DATABASE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENMARK; HOUSING, ANIMAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 79957959988     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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