Risk factors for lamb mortality in Sahelian sheep on a breeding station in Ghana

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-64

  Turkson, P K ^a   Sualisu, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; lamb mortality; odds ratio; relative risk; risk factors; Sahelian sheep

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GHANA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TWINS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GHANA; MALE; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TWINS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

LAMB; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 8744270322     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TROP.0000047935.78168.46     Document Type: Article

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