Herd factors associated with dairy cow mortality

Summary studies of dairy cow removal indicate increasing levels of mortality over the past several decades. This poses a serious problem for the US dairy industry. The objective of this project was to evaluate associations between facilities, herd management practices, disease occurrence and death r...

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Main Authors: C. McConnel, J. Lombard, B. Wagner, C. Kopral, F. Garry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
cow
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731115000385