Preliminary estimates of the direct costs associated with endemic diseases of livestock in Great Britain

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 155-171

  Bennett, Richard ^a   Christiansen, Kathy ^b   Clifton Hadley, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease costs; Economics; Endemic diseases; Great Britain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COST; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; MODELS, ECONOMIC; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033538046     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(99)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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