Calf health monitoring in Norwegian dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1660-1669

  Gulliksen, S M ^a,b   Lie, K I ^a   Osteras O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b TINE SA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Calf disease; Monitoring; Validation

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICAL RECORDS; NORWAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 65249114152     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1518     Document Type: Article

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