Prevalence of gastrointestinal disorders recorded at postmortem inspection in white veal calves and associated risk factors

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 853-863

  Brscic, M ^a   Heutinck, L F M ^b   Wolthuis Fillerup, M ^b   Stockhofe, N ^b   Engel, B ^b   Visser, E K ^b   Gottardo, F ^a   Bokkers, E A M ^b   Lensink, B J ^c   Cozzi, G ^a   Van Reenen, C G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ISA   (France)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal disorder; Risk factor; Veal calf; Welfare

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ITALY; MALE; METABOLISM; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RUMINANT STOMACH; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STOMACH DISEASE;

ABATTOIRS; ABOMASUM; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; ITALY; KERATINS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RUMEN; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 78751685592     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3480     Document Type: Article

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