Farm animal practitioners' views on their use and expectations of veterinary diagnostic Laboratories

Veterinary Record

Volumn 172, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 503-

  Robinson, P A ^a   Epperson, W B ^b  

^a Veterinary Epidemiology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; VETERINARIANS;

EID: 84878158609     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.101366     Document Type: Article

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