Evaluation of patterns of removal and associations among culling because of lameness and sow productivity traits in swine breeding herds

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 226, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 956-961

  Anil, Sukumarannair S ^a   Anil, Leena ^a   Deen, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARITY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LACTATION; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 14944363237     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.226.956     Document Type: Article

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