Farm characteristics related to on-farm cow mortality in dairy herds: A questionnaire study

Animal

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1735-1742

  Alvasen, K ^a   Roth, A ^a,b   Jansson Mork M ^b   Hallen Sandgren C ^c   Thomsen, P T ^d   Emanuelson, U ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Växa Sverige   (Sweden)

^c DELAVAL INTERNATIONAL AB   (Sweden)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

dairy cattle; euthanasia; management; unassisted death

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; BOVINE; BREEDING; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 84929517288     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731114001633     Document Type: Article

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