An individual-animal-level prospective study of risk factors associated with the occurrence of lameness in the Michigan (USA) equine population

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-75

  Ross, Whitney A ^a   Kaneene, John B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Equine; Lameness; Logistic regression; Random effect; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344333148     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(96)01055-0     Document Type: Article

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