Heifer rearing conditions affect length of productive life in Swedish dairy cows

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 255-264

  Hultgren, Jan ^a   Svensson, Catarina ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Culling; Dairy cattle; Health; Length of productive life; Rearing; Replacement heifer; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; MORTALITY; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REPRODUCTION; SECRETION; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; TIME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 64949129507     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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