Estimation of probability for the presence of claw and digital skin diseases by combining cow- and herd-level information using a Bayesian network

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 89-98

  Ettema, Jehan Frans ^a,b   Østergaard, Søren ^b   Kristensen, Anders Ringgaard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bayesian network; Claw and digital skin diseases; Dairy cattle; Lameness; Probability distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HOOF AND CLAW; LACTATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HOOF AND CLAW; LACTATION; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK FACTORS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 70349272121     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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