An analysis of mortality in the grower/finisher phase of swine production in the United States

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 121-145

  Losinger, Willard C ^a   Bush, Eric J ^a   Smith, Marty A ^a   Corso, Barbara A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Grower finisher pigs; Morbidity and mortality in pigs; USA; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; INFECTION CONTROL; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; WEANING;

AGING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MORTALITY; QUARANTINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; WEANING;

EID: 0031613122     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(97)00052-4     Document Type: Article

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