An economic threshold for tick control considering multiple damages and probability-based damage functions

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 483-493

  Young, Douglas L ^a   Haantuba, Hyde H ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Disease control; Economic threshold; Ticks; Zambia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032262132     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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