Influence of animal, herd and management factors on perinatal mortality in dairy cattle - A survey in Thuringia, Germany

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 130-136

  Hoedemaker, Martina ^a   Ruddat, Inga ^a   Teltscher, Marie Katrin ^a   Essmeyer, Kirsten ^a   Kreienbrock, Lothar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dystocia; Management factors; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HYGIENE; LABOR COMPLICATION; LACTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HYGIENE; LACTATION; MALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 77949852596     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-123-130     Document Type: Article

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