German: AbgangsursacheEnglish translation: reason for termination 
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Medical - Livestock / Animal Husbandry | | German term or phrase: Abgangsursache | Häufigste Abgangsursachen bei Milchkühen.
abortion causes???
TIA Stephen |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseIngeborg Gowans: 7:07pm Apr 10, 2006: is there any more context, please? -
Stephen Sadie: 7:11pm Apr 10, 2006: no, this is a powerpoint presentation and the above a heading...sorry! i suspect something like abortion
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| | reason for culling | Explanation:
"Abgangsursache" refers to reasons for the (premature) slaughtering of cows, i.e. culling.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-04-10 20:59:22 GMT)
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Just as one example, this is a quote from a specialized Swiss article published on www.ufa.ch:
"Fruchtbarkeitsstörungen sind in vielen Ländern die häufigste
Abgangsursache. In der Schweiz werden rund 30% der Milchkühe wegen Reproduktions-
problemen frühzeitig geschlachtet." |
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 Cetacea
Switzerland
| Note from asker to answererthis was the most help, in the end i found the term used in this field, "termination". thanks everyone
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| cause of death/ mortality
Explanation:
without more context this might be it ....
the most common causes of death in dairy cows/cattle
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Note added at 51 mins (2006-04-10 19:13:52 GMT)
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Die zweithäufigste Abgangsursache stellte die Coliseptikämie dar, die vorwiegend ... After cannibalism, coli septicaemia was the most common cause of death. ...
elib.tiho-hannover.de/dissertations/ weitzenbuergerd_ss05.html - 41k - Cached - Similar pages
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| reason for reduction
Explanation:
reason for reduction of the stock, as in:
http://www.tll.de/agb02/pdf/agb02_2.pdf
not only due to death!
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-04-10 19:26:58 GMT)
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more correctly: reason for reduction of the milk-producing stock
| rainerc
Germany
Native speaker of:  German, English
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| o.k. if it's not abortion, it could also mean reasons for discharge (urine etc.)
Explanation:
this is hard to guess. You are probably better off with your suggestion, but the dictionary search yielded "discharge" as well, so I thought I'd mention it.
Probably it has occurred to you as wel...
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-04-10 19:39:51 GMT)
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don't know much about history, don't know much about biology (and especially milk coes, it seems)...
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| reason for culling
Explanation:
"Abgangsursache" refers to reasons for the (premature) slaughtering of cows, i.e. culling.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-04-10 20:59:22 GMT)
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Just as one example, this is a quote from a specialized Swiss article published on www.ufa.ch:
"Fruchtbarkeitsstörungen sind in vielen Ländern die häufigste
Abgangsursache. In der Schweiz werden rund 30% der Milchkühe wegen Reproduktions-
problemen frühzeitig geschlachtet."
Reference: http://www.fao.org/Wairdocs/ILRI/x5532E/x5532e0a.htm
| Cetacea
Switzerland
Works in field
Native speaker of:  German
PRO pts in category: 23
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| Note from asker to answerer| this was the most help, in the end i found the term used in this field, "termination". thanks everyone |
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