Biosecurity level and health management practices in 60 swedish farrow-to-finish herds

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Backhans, Annette ^a   Sjölund, Marie ^a,b   Lindberg, Ann ^b   Emanuelson, Ulf ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Health management; Pig production

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PIG; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84935923071     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13028-015-0103-5     Document Type: Article

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