Equine Farm Operators: An Underserved Target Audience for Conservation Practice Outreach?

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 447-455

  Prokopy, Linda S ^a   Perry Hill, Rebecca ^a   Reimer, Adam P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Conservation practices; Equine farm; Horse; Manure management; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

EID: 79960811916     PISSN: 07370806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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