Calf morbidity and mortality in smallholder dairy farms in Ada'a Liben district of Oromia, Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 369-376

  Wudu, T ^a   Kelay, B ^b   Mekonnen, H M ^b   Tesfu, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Dairy calf; Ethiopia; Morbidity; Mortality; Risk factors; Smallholder

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 41549125103     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-007-9104-3     Document Type: Article

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