Herd and cow-level prevalence of sole ulcers in The Netherlands and associated-risk factors

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 125-135

  Holzhauer, M ^a   Hardenberg, C ^b   Bartels, C J M ^a  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Epidemiology; Risk factor; Sole ulcer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HOOF AND CLAW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HOOF AND CLAW; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

BOS; BOVINAE; SUS;

EID: 42149146046     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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