Calf mortality as a welfare indicator on British cattle farms

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-181

  Ortiz Pelaez, A ^a,b   Pritchard, D G ^c   Pfeiffer, D U ^a   Jones, E ^c   Honeyman, P ^d   Mawdsley, J J ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

^d State Veterinary Service (SVS)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calf; Mortality; Predictive; Surveillance; Welfare

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CALF (BOVINE); CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FIELD STUDY; HERD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 41049108800     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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