Survival and dispersal of a defined cohort of Irish cattle

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-49

  Ashe, S ^a,b   More, S J ^a   O'Keeffe, J ^a   White, P ^a   McGrath, G ^a   Aznar, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Fisheries and Food ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cattle; Dispersal; Kaplan Meier; Livestock; Movement; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 58649108252     PISSN: 03680762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-0481-62-1-44     Document Type: Article

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