Morbidity in Swedish dairy calves from birth to 90 days of age and individual calf-level risk factors for infectious diseases

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 179-197

  Svensson, Catarina ^a   Lundborg, Karin ^a   Emanuelson, Ulf ^b   Olsson, Sven Ove ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Epi Lys   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Calves; Calving management; Colostrum; Diarrhea; Housing; Morbidity; Omphalophlebitis; Respiratory disease; Ringworm; Season; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; PIERINAE;

EID: 0037448046     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(03)00046-1     Document Type: Article

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