Risk factors for initial respiratory disease in United States' feedlots based on producer-collected daily morbidity counts

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-378

  Sanderson, Michael W ^a   Dargatz, David A ^b   Wagner, Bruce A ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INCIDENCE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 42649107765     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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