How Does Reviewing the Evidence Change Veterinary Surgeons' Beliefs Regarding the Treatment of Ovine Footrot? A Quantitative and Qualitative Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Higgins, Helen M ^a   Green, Laura E ^b   Green, Martin J ^a   Kaler, Jasmeet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTETRACYCLINE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CHOICE; FEMALE; FOOTROT; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SHEEP DISEASE; SURGEON; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TOPICAL TREATMENT; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CULTURE; FOOT ROT; HUMANS; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PHYSICIANS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84877813322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064175     Document Type: Article

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