Factors affecting calf mortality in Iranian Holstein dairy herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 335-340

  Azizzadeh, Mohammad ^a   Shooroki, Hadi Fazeli ^a   Kamalabadi, Ali Shafiee ^a   Stevenson, Mark A ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Calf mortality; Holstein; Iran; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DAIRYING; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; IRAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DAIRYING; DYSTOCIA; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IRAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858798203     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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