Effects of management practices, animal transport and barn climate on animal health and antimicrobial use in Swiss veal calf operations.
Ammonia
Calf fattening
Commingling
Mortality
Risk factors
Treatment incidence
Journal
Preventive veterinary medicine
ISSN: 1873-1716
Titre abrégé: Prev Vet Med
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8217463
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Jun 2019
01 Jun 2019
Historique:
received:
12
10
2018
revised:
14
02
2019
accepted:
08
03
2019
pubmed:
6
4
2019
medline:
8
6
2019
entrez:
6
4
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To assess the effects of transport, management factors and barn climate on calf health, 43 Swiss veal farms (11 large farms fattening ≥100 calves and 32 small farms fattening >20 but <100 calves per year) were monitored in a prospective cohort study over a period of one year. Detailed questionnaires on farm structure, management, housing system and animal health were filled out with the farmers during bimonthly visits, and barn temperature, humidity, ammonia and CO
Identifiants
pubmed: 30948232
pii: S0167-5877(18)30709-8
doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2019.03.007
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anti-Infective Agents
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
146-157Informations de copyright
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