Dairy cow mortality. A review

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 122-129

  Thomsen, P T ^a   Houe, H ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle; Causes of death; Dairy cow mortality; Meta analysis; Mortality; Population studies; Review; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; BREEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUTHANASIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; HERD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LACTATION; LOCOMOTION; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLIC DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33845986692     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2006.9695218     Document Type: Article

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