Adjusting for multiple clinical observers in an unbalanced study design using latent class models of true within-herd lameness prevalence in Danish dairy herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 348-354

  Otten, N D ^a   Toft, N ^a   Houe, H ^a   Thomsen, P T ^b   Sorensen J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle; Grazing; Lameness; Misclassification; Observer effect; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DENMARK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAIT; GRAZING; LAMENESS; MISCLASSIFICATION; OBSERVER EFFECT; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CATTLE; GRAZING; LAMENESS; MISCLASSIFICATION; OBSERVER EFFECT; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DENMARK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAIT; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84886785917     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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