Cow- and herd-level risk factors for on-farm mortality in Midwest US dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4401-4413

  Shahid, M Q ^a   Reneau, J K ^b   Chester Jones, H ^b   Chebel, R C ^b   Endres, M I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cow mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; INJURY; MALE; MILK; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MILK; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84931570638     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-8513     Document Type: Article

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