A survey of management practices that influence performance and welfare of dairy calves reared in southern Brazil

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Hötzel, Maria J ^a   Longo, Cibele ^a   Balcão, Lucas F ^a   Cardoso, Clarissa S ^a   Costa, João H C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALF (BOVINE); CASTRATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLOSTRUM; DAIRY PRODUCT; DAM (ANIMAL); HERD; HUMAN; LACTATION; MALE; MILK PRODUCTION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; BREEDING; DAIRYING; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE;

EID: 84918583032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114995     Document Type: Article

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