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Farmer-observed health data around calving--Genetic parameters and association with veterinarian diagnoses in Austrian Fleckvieh cows.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Apr 2015
Koeck A, Fuerst C, Egger-Danner C
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to investigate if farmer-observed health data around calving can be used together with veterinarian diagnoses for genetic evaluations. Four diseases are recorded by farmers: retained placenta, downer cow syndrome, mastitis, and lameness. Mean disease frequencies were 4.7, 3.8, and 1.8% for retained placenta, downer cow syndrome, and mastitis, respectively. Lameness had a very low...
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