Renate Deinzer, Andreas Rainer Jordan
Periodontal health literacy in Germany-Results of a telephone survey
International journal of dental hygiene
analysis survival data linear logistic model ignores censoring skewness inherent mortality data objective study estimate morbidity mortality rates kids adult goats identify important risk factors mortality using survival analysis summarise important causes goat death nonparametric survival analysis piecewise exponential model pem used mortality rates kids adult goats 0629 0302 per animal year respectively 25th 50th 75th percentiles survival time kids 5 162 1300 days respectively adults goats 280 828 1735 days respectively gastrointestinalrelated diseases pneumonia weak kid agalactia mismothering heartwater cowdriosis important causes mortality constant piecewise exponential regression analysis risk factors indicated breed kid birth weight doe postpartum weight ppwt birth type birth year precipitation variables associated pvalue 005 kid mortality rate pure boer kids compared central highland goat cross boer goats 2505 times higher probability mortality pvalue 0001 1kg increase kid birth weight dam ppwt reduces mortality probability 325 pvalue 0000 64 pvalue 0001 respectively twin birth kids 1512 times higher rate mortality pvalue 0001 singleborn kids 1ml increment 15 days average precipitation significantly reduced kid mortality 78 pvalue 0001 vaccination extensive control ticks use proper comfortable housing reduce stress goats recommended scheduling mating programme may early july match kidding period less kid mortality seasons end long rainy season flocks also important reduce kid mortality