Attempts to quantify the health status of pig herds: Developing and validating a Herd Health Score (HHS)

Sustainable Animal Production: The Challenges and Potential Developments for Professional Farming

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 191-201

  Dickhaus, C Ph ^a   Meemken, D ^a   Blaha, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal health; Animal treatment index (ATI); Animal welfare; Benchmarking; Food chain information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255170243     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-685-4     Document Type: Chapter

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