Register-based predictors of violations of animal welfare legislation in dairy herds

Animal

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1963-1970

  Otten, N D ^a   Nielsen, L R ^a   Thomsen, P T ^b   Houe, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

animal welfare control; dairy cattle; predictors; register data

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; DENMARK; FEMALE; LACTATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MILK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; DENMARK; FEMALE; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MILK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84927690929     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731114001918     Document Type: Article

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