Impact on and demands for health and welfare of range beef cattle in Scandinavian conditions

Sustainable Animal Production: The Challenges and Potential Developments for Professional Farming

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 173-188

  Ekesbo, I ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cattle; Dystocia; Health; Mortality; Physiology; Weather resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899368567     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-685-4     Document Type: Chapter

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