Calf mortality in Norwegian dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2782-2795

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

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b TINE Norwegian Dairies ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Calf; Dairy; Mortality; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649211145     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1807     Document Type: Article

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