Herd and sow-related risk factors for mortality in sows in group-housed systems

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-37

  Jensen, Tina Birk ^a   Toft, Nils ^a   Bonde, Marianne Kjær ^b   Kongsted, Anne Grete ^b   Kristensen, Anders Ringgaard ^a   Sørensen, Jan Tind ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical signs; Herd risk factors; Logistic analysis; Mortality; Sows

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DENMARK; FEMALE; LACTATION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84859923900     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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