Associations between use of electric cow-trainers and clinical diseases, reproductive performance and culling in Swedish dairy cattle

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 77-90

  Oltenacu, Pascal A ^a   Hultgren, Jan ^b,c   Algers, Bo ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Experimental Station   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Culling; Dairy cattle; Electric cow trainer; Fertility; Ketosis; Mastitis; Silent heat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032253801     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(98)00109-3     Document Type: Article

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