Associations between calf mortality during days 1 to 90 and herd-level cow and production variables in large Swedish dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6613-6621

  Torsein, M ^a,b   Jansson Mork M ^c   Lindberg, A ^d   Hallen Sandgren C ^e   Berg, C ^b  

^a Uddetorp Röda Huset   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Växa Sverige   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e DELAVAL INTERNATIONAL AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Epidemiology; Herd health; On farm mortality; Risk

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MILK; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MILK; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84908053771     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-7949     Document Type: Article

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