Factors associated with changes of state of foot conformation and lameness in a flock of sheep

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 237-244

  Kaler, J ^a,c   Medley, G F ^a   Grogono Thomas, R ^b   Wellington, E M H ^a   Calvo Bado, L A ^a   Wassink, G J ^a   King, E M ^a   Moore, L J ^b   Russell, C ^b   Green, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dichelobacter nodosus; Discrete time survival; Foot conformation; Footrot; Lameness; Multilevel multistate model; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT ROT; HISTOLOGY; HOOF AND CLAW; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FOOT ROT; HOOF AND CLAW; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78650172770     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.09.019     Document Type: Article

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