Milk yield, age at first calving, and the risk of BSE: An analysis at the farm level in France

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-78

  La Bonnardiere C ^a,b   Bonaiti, B ^c   Abrial, D ^b   Gasqui, P ^b   Calavas, D ^d   Ducrot, C ^b   Barnouin, J ^b  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b EPIA   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Age at first calving; BSE; Case control; Dairy herds; Epidemiology; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FRANCE; MILK; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SECRETION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; FRANCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MILK; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33846024414     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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