Associations between the distance traveled from sale barns to commercial feedlots in the United States and overall performance, risk of respiratory disease, and cumulative mortality in feeder cattle during 1997 to 2009

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1929-1939

  Cernicchiaro, N ^a   White, B J ^a   Renter, D G ^a   Babcock, A H ^a   Kelly, L ^a   Slattery, R ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine respiratory disease complex; Cattle; Distance traveled; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BOVINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE COMPLEX; CATTLE; FEMALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861839241     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-4599     Document Type: Article

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