Mortality in Swedish dairy calves and replacement heifers

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4769-4777

  Svensson, C ^a   Linder, A ^b   Olsson, S O ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Research and Development   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dairy calf; Death cause; Mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33846322239     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72526-7     Document Type: Article

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