A multivariable assessment quantifying effects of cohort-level factors associated with combined mortality and culling risk in cohorts of U.S. commercial feedlot cattle

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-46

  Babcock, A H ^a   Cernicchiaro, N ^a   White, B J ^a   Dubnicka, S R ^a   Thomson, D U ^a   Ives, S E ^b   Scott, H M ^a   Milliken, G A ^a   Renter, D G ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cactus Operating   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Culling; Mortality; Negative binomial regression; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84869876151     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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