A survey of management practices on Irish dairy farms with emphasis on risk factors for Johne's disease transmission

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kennedy, Aideen E ^a,b   O'Doherty, Eugene F ^a   Byrne, Noel ^a   O'Mahony, Jim ^b   Kennedy, E M ^a   Sayers, Riona G ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b Department of Chemistry   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Johne's disease; Management practices; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940027741     PISSN: 03680762     EISSN: 20460481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13620-014-0027-9     Document Type: Article

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