Design and implementation of the United States national animal health monitoring system 1994-95 cattle on feed evaluation, and an evaluation of the impact of response biases

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Losinger, Willard C ^a   Garber, Lindsey P ^a   Hill, George W ^a   Dornseif, Stephen E ^a   Rodriguez, Judith M ^a   Frye, William B ^b  

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

^b Christian Veterinary Mission   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Cattle on feed; National survey; Nonresponse analysis; Product quality; Survey design; Survey implementation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; HEALTH STATUS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELECTION BIAS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0031183276     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(96)01135-X     Document Type: Article

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