Factors associated with morbidity, mortality, and growth of dairy heifer calves up to 3 months of age

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 231-240

  Windeyer, M C ^a   Leslie, K E ^a   Godden, S M ^b   Hodgins, D C ^a   Lissemore, K D ^a   LeBlanc, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy calf; Growth; Morbidity; Mortality; Risk factors; Transfer of passive immunity

Indexed keywords

PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CALF; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GROWTH; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSFER OF PASSIVE IMMUNITY; UNITED STATES;

DAIRY CALF; GROWTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; TRANSFER OF PASSIVE IMMUNITY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD PROTEINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MINNESOTA; ONTARIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84891335102     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.10.019     Document Type: Article

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