Intra- and inter-observer agreement of a protocol for clinical examination of dairy cows

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 133-139

  Thomsen, Peter T ^a   Baadsgaard, Niels Peter ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b Danske Slagterier   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Inter observer agreement; Intra observer agreement; Prevalence adjusted, bias adjusted kappa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN DISEASE; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN DISEASES;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33744547353     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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