Health status of preweaned dairy heifers in the United States

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-199

  Wells, S J ^a   Garber, L P ^a   Hill, G W ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy heifer; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; UNITED STATES; WEANING;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; INCIDENCE; JOINT DISEASES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; WEANING;

EID: 0030632488     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(96)01078-1     Document Type: Article

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