Application of survival analysis to identify management factors related to the rate of BHV1 seroconversions in a retrospective study of Dutch dairy farms

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 371-382

  Van Schaik, G ^a   Schukken, Y H ^b   Nielen, M ^a   Dijkhuizen, A A ^a   Huime, R B M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

BHV1; Cox regression; Dairy farms; Management; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033565784     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00107-4     Document Type: Article

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