Risk factors for death and unwanted early slaughter in Swiss veal calves kept at a specific animal welfare standard

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 162-168

  Bahler C ^a   Steiner, A ^a   Luginbuhl A ^b   Ewy, A ^b   Posthaus, H ^a   Strabel, D ^c   Kaufmann, T ^a   Regula, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Practicing Veterinarians at Düdingen ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Swiss Bovine Health Service   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calf losses; Causes of death; Risk factors; Treatments; Veal calves; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SWING AUSCULTATION; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ABOMASITIS; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BACTERIAL BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL FIBRINOUS PLEURITIS; BLOATING; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CALF LOSS; CARCASS; CATTLE; CATTLE FARMING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DRUG USE; ENTEROCOLITIS; EYE DISCHARGE; GENDER; GENERAL CONDITION; HEALTH STATUS; INJURY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; LUNG LESION; MEAT COLOR; MORTALITY; NASAL DISCHARGE; NONHUMAN; PLEURISY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; STANDARD; SUNKEN FLANK; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT GAIN; WIND; WIND DEFLECTION; WINTER;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 83955161799     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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