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. 1989 Aug;30(8):631–636.

The use of computers in dairy herd health program: A review

Kerry D Lissemore
PMCID: PMC1681162  PMID: 17423392

Abstract

This review of the literature covers the changes in the approach to veterinary health management that led to the introduction of computerized herd health programs and the various other applications of the computer in the practice of dairy herd medicine. The role that production recording systems, mainframe computers, minicomputers, and microcomputers have played in the evolution of herd health programs are also reviewed.

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