Perinatal, neonatal, and rearing period mortality of dairy calves and replacement heifers in France

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2913-2924

  Raboisson, D ^a,b   Delor, F ^a   Cahuzac, E ^b   Gendre, C ^b   Sans, P ^a   Allaire, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Breed; Dairy calf mortality; Dairy heifer mortality; Sex

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FRANCE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FRANCE; MALE; MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84876729353     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-6010     Document Type: Article

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