Factors related to the risk of neonatal mortality, birth-weight and serum immunoglobulin concentration in lambs in the UK

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 209-226

  Christley, R M ^a,b   Morgan, K L ^b   Parkin, T D H ^b   French, N P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lamb; Mortality; Multilevel model; Neonatal; Passive transfer; Weight

Indexed keywords

LAMB; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037447578     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(02)00235-0     Document Type: Article

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