Calf health from birth to weaning. I. General aspects of disease prevention

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lorenz, Ingrid ^a   Mee, John F ^b   Earley, Bernadette ^b   More, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Calf health; Colostrum; Dairy calf nutrition; Periparturient management; Prevention

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84857066581     PISSN: 03680762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-0481-64-10     Document Type: Review

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