title: Assessing performance of cow-calf operations using epidemiology.
abstract: This article examines the epidemiologic tools available to the cow-calf beef veterinarian (and cattle producer) to assess the performance of the beef cow herd and to examine ways in which these tools may be used.
authors.affiliation: Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32610-0136, USA. raeo@mail.vetmed.ufl.edu
authors.forename: D Owen
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Rae
mesh_terms: D000827:Animal Welfare; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000254:growth & development; D002417:Cattle / Q000502:physiology*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005260:Female; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary; D018873:Pregnancy Rate / Q000639:trends; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D014730:Veterinary Medicine; D014886:Weaning