An object-oriented Bayesian network modeling the causes of leg disorders in finisher herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 237-248

  Jensen, Tina Birk ^a   Kristensen, Anders Ringgaard ^a   Toft, Nils ^a   Baadsgaard, Niels Peter ^b   Østergaard, Søren ^c   Houe, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Danish Pig Production   (Denmark)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Diagnostic test procedures; Finisher herds; Leg disorders; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRACTURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HOOF AND CLAW; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INJURY; LEG; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRACTURES, BONE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

SUIDAE;

EID: 67349129390     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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