Associations between farm management practices, productivity, and bovine leukemia virus infection in Ontario dairy herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 211-221

  Sargeant, J M ^a   Kelton, D F ^a   Martin, S W ^a   Mann, E D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bovine leukemia virus; Herd health

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MILK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STANDARD;

AGING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CATTLE; EFFICIENCY; ENZOOTIC BOVINE LEUKOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, BOVINE; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONTARIO; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 0031202076     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(96)01140-3     Document Type: Article

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