Temporal distributions of respiratory disease events within cohorts of feedlot cattle and associations with cattle health and performance indices

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 198-219

  Babcock, A H ^a   Renter, D G ^a   White, B J ^a   Dubnicka, S R ^a   Scott, H M ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cluster analysis; Respiratory disease; Temporal distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BOVINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE COMPLEX; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 78650171176     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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