Estimation of the relative impact of treatment and herd management practices on prevention of digital dermatitis in French dairy herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 558-562

  Relun, A ^a,b,c   Lehebel, A ^b,c   Bruggink, M ^b,c   Bareille, N ^b,c   Guatteo, R ^b,c  

^a French Livestock Institute   (France)

^b LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in Animal Health   (France)

Author keywords

Control strategies; Dairy cattle; Digital dermatitis; Risk factors; Survival analysis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHELATING AGENT; COPPER; DISINFECTANT AGENT; OXYTETRACYCLINE; ZINC;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BATH; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; DIGITAL DERMATITIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; FRANCE; GENETICS; HOOF AND CLAW; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREPONEMA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BATHS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHELATING AGENTS; COPPER; DAIRYING; DIGITAL DERMATITIS; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; FRANCE; HOOF AND CLAW; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREPONEMA; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84877706235     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.12.015     Document Type: Article

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