A linear programming assessment of the profit from strategies to reduce the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus mastitis

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 183-193

  Zepeda, Lydia ^a,c   Buelow, Kenneth L ^b   Nordlund, Kenneth V ^b   Thomas, Chester B ^b   Collins, Michael T ^b   Goodger, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Control; Economics; Mastitis; Modelling; Staphylococcus aureus; Strategies

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031600859     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(97)00054-8     Document Type: Article

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