Short communication: Analysis of health and survival in a population of Ontario Holstein heifer calves

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1880-1885

  McCorquodale, C E ^a   Sewalem, A ^b,c   Miglior, F ^b,c   Kelton, D ^a   Robinson, A ^a   Koeck, A ^a   Leslie, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN DAIRY NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calfhood disease; Relative risk; Survival; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BOVINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE COMPLEX; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; ONTARIO; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84874331688     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5735     Document Type: Article

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