Herd-level risk factors associated with cow mortality in Swedish dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4352-4362

  Alvasen K ^a   Jansson Mork M ^a,b   Hallen Sandgren C ^c   Thomsen, P T ^d   Emanuelson, U ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

^c DELAVAL INTERNATIONAL AB   (Sweden)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Death; Epidemiology; Euthanasia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84864050421     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-5085     Document Type: Article

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