Genetic and non-genetic factors associated with health and vitality traits in beef calves.

doi:10.1093/jas/skab154

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Genetic and non-genetic factors associated with health and vitality traits in beef calves.

Journal of animal science - 1 Jul 2021

Condon Tom, Murphy Craig, Sleator Roy D, Judge Michelle M, Ring Siobhan, Berry Donagh P

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Awareness and interest in calf health and wellbeing is intensifying, prompting change in the management and breeding decisions of producers and associated policy-makers. The objectives of the present study were to 1) quantify the risk factors associated with subjectively measured scores of vigor and birth size as well as diagnoses of scour and pneumonia in a large national dataset of beef calves, and 2) to...

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Animals
Cattle
Female
Incidence
Male
Parturition
Phenotype
Pregnancy
Risk Factors
Seasons

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PMID: 33974695
DOI: 10.1093/jas/skab154
PMCID: PMC8266625

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