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Enhancing the role of the dairy vet
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.i4712
Subject(s) - dairy industry , animal welfare , disease control , animal health , mastitis , dairy cattle , welfare , veterinary medicine , theme (computing) , medicine , political science , environmental health , zoology , biology , law , pathology , food science , ecology , operating system , computer science
More than 3000 veterinarians, researchers and industry representatives gathered in Dublin in July for the 29th congress of the World Association for Buiatrics. With the theme of ‘Cattle health – tomorrow's thinking today’, the programme for the five‐day meeting was wide‐ranging, exploring issues such as animal health systems, animal welfare initiatives, zoonoses, mastitis control and infectious disease control. Here, Kristy Ebanks focuses on two keynote addresses which considered the evolving role of the dairy vet