Trends in mortality ratios among cattle in US feedlots

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 219, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1122-1127

  Loneragan, Guy H ^a   Dargatz, David A ^b   Morley, Paul S ^a   Smith, Marty A ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEASONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035888878     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.219.1122     Document Type: Article

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