Metritis severity score misclassification underpredicts consequence cost of disease

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Michael W. Overton Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN 46140
Maris M. McCarthy Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN 46140

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https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20163494

Keywords:

metritis, disease misclassification

Abstract

The objective of this research was to determine the impact of disease misclassification on the estimated impact of metritis on milk production and time to pregnancy. Differential misclassification introduces bias that usually results in underestimating the true association.

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2016-09-15

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