The economics of parasite control: Obstacles to creating reliable models

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 437-449

  Smith, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperia; Mathematical model; Ostertagia; Production loss

Indexed keywords

BOVIDS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMICS; FOOD INDUSTRY; HELMINTHIASIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OSTERTAGIASIS; RUMINANTS;

BOVIDAE; COOPERIA; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA; VERMES;

EID: 0031474180     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00109-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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