Can pre-collected register data be used to identify dairy herds with good cattle welfare?

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Nyman, Ann Kristin ^a   Lindberg, Ann ^a   Sandgren, Charlotte H ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECORDS AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84855417638     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-53-S1-S8     Document Type: Article

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