Current attitudes of bovine practitioners, claw-trimmers and farmers in Switzerland to pain and painful interventions in the feet in dairy cattle

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 467-476

  Becker, Johanna ^a   Reist, Martin ^a   Friedli, Katharina ^b   Strabel, Dirk ^c   Wüthrich, Marianne ^a   Steiner, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^c Bovine Health Service   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Attitudes; Cattle; Claw trimming; Pain; Survey

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BOVINE PRACTITIONER; CLAW TRIMMER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAIRY CATTLE; FEMALE; HERD; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLANTAR ULCER; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT DISEASES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; VETERINARIANS;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84879418284     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2012.12.021     Document Type: Article

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