Economic evaluation of national identification and recording systems for pigs in Belgium

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-135

  Saatkamp, H W ^a   Dijkhuizen, A A ^b   Geers, R ^a   Huirne, R B M ^b   Noordhuizen, J P T M ^b   Goedseels, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classical swine fever; Economic evaluation; Identification and recording; Pigs

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0031132798     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(96)01104-X     Document Type: Article

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