Analysis of factors affecting the length of productive life in Croatian dairy cows

Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 232-240

  Raguz, N ^a   Jovanovac, S ^a   Gantner, V ^a   Meszaros, G ^b   Solkner, J ^b  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Length of productive life; Risk ratio; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84856640619     PISSN: 13100351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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