Risk factors for congenital chondrodystrophy of unknown origin in beef cattle herds in south-eastern Australia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 36-48

  White, P J ^a   Windsor, P A ^a   Dhand, N K ^a   Toribio, J A L M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Case control study; Congenital chondrodystrophy; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BONE DYSPLASIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VICTORIA;

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EID: 77954383814     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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