The growing role of animal hygiene for sustainable husbandry

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 23-32

  Blaha, Th ^a   Kofer J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Animal health; Animal hygiene; Animal welfare; Biosecurity; Environmental protection; Food safety; Monitoring and surveillance; Sustainable animal husbandry; The "One health concept"; Traceability; Veterinary medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255200203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-685-4     Document Type: Chapter

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