Dairy calving management: Description and assessment of a training program for dairy personnel

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2671-2680

  Schuenemann, G M ^a   Bas, S ^a   Gordon, E ^a   Workman, J D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calving management; Dairy personnel; Education

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; DELIVERY; DYSTOCIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HYGIENE; LABOR COMPLICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSTOCIA; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HYGIENE; LABOR PRESENTATION; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84875547872     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5976     Document Type: Article

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