Factor analysis of a Johne's disease risk assessment questionnaire with evaluation of factor scores and a subset of original questions as predictors of observed clinical paratuberculosis

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 291-309

  Berghaus, Roy D ^a   Lombard, Jason E ^b   Gardner, Ian A ^a   Farver, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Factor analysis; Johne's disease; Paratuberculosis; Questionnaire; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; PARATUBERCULOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; PARATUBERCULOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 27744555193     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.07.011     Document Type: Article

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