Relationship between herd size and annual prevalence of and primary antimicrobial treatments for common diseases on dairy operations in the United States

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 264-277

  Hill, Ashley E ^a   Green, Alice L ^b   Wagner, Bruce A ^c   Dargatz, David A ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Antimicrobial use; Cattle morbidity; Cross sectional studies; Dairy; National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS); Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 58549121386     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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