Risk factors associated with on-farm mortality in Swedish dairy cows

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 110-120

  Alvasen K ^a   Jansson Mork M ^b   Dohoo, I R ^c   Sandgren, C Hallén ^d   Thomsen, P T ^e   Emanuelson, U ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Växa Sverige   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^d DELAVAL INTERNATIONAL AB   (Sweden)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adult cattle mortality; Culling; Euthanasia; Survival analysis; Unassisted death

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84909999277     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.08.011     Document Type: Article

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