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Euthanasia of Danish dairy cows evaluated in two questionnaire surveys

BACKGROUND: Mortality risk in Danish dairy cows has more than doubled since 1990 (from 2% in 1990 to 5% in 2005). Until now, registrations about dead cows in the Danish Cattle Database have not included information about whether the cow died unassisted or was euthanized. METHODS: We interviewed a ra...

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Autores principales: Thomsen, Peter T, Sørensen, Jan Tind
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2531113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18718005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-50-33