Rates and risk factors for contagious disease and mortality in young dairy heifers

CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Johnson, Kate ^a   Burn, Charlotte C ^a   Wathes, D Claire ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BRD; Dairy; Diarrhoea; Heifer; Mortality; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 84857840903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20116059     Document Type: Review

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