Design and Validation of a Dynamic Discrete Event Stochastic Simulation Model of Mastitis Control in Dairy Herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 703-717

  Allore, H G ^a   Schruben, L W ^a   Erb, H N ^a   Oltenacu, P A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Mastitis; Milk composition; Milk yield; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

LIPID; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032016520     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75626-7     Document Type: Article

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