The effect of a national control program on mastitis occurrence in the Netherlands

Udder Health and Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 102-108

  van den Borne, B H P ^a,b   Lam, T J G M ^a,c   Sampimon, O C ^a,d   Jansen, J ^e   van Schaik, G ^a  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Dutch Udder Health Centre   (Netherlands)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Incidence rate; Mastitis; Mindset; Prevalence; Udder health program

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872683259     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-742-4_9     Document Type: Chapter

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