Risk factors for calf mortality in large Swedish dairy herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 136-147

  Torsein, Maria ^a,e   Lindberg, Ann ^b   Sandgren, Charlotte Hallén ^c   Waller, Karin Persson ^a,b   Törnquist, Mats ^d   Svensson, Catarina ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Animal Health Service   (Sweden)

^e Swedish Animal Health Service   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calf; Herd management; Herd size; Mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION DENSITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

CORONAVIRUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79953277147     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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