A compartmentalised model for the estimation of the cost of coccidiosis to the world's chicken production industry

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1209-1229

  Williams, R B ^a  

^a Schering Plough Animal Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcasses; Chickens; Coccidiosis; Diseases; Drugs; Economics; Eggs; FCR; Feed consumption; Liveweights; Monetary losses; Mortality; Prices; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POULTRY DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0032878499     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00086-7     Document Type: Article

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