Approaches to modeling intramammary infections in dairy cattle

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 279-293

  Allore, H G ^a   Erb, H N ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattlemicrobiological diseases; Differential equation; Markov process; Mastitis; Modeling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UDDER;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MARKOV CHAINS; MILK; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0033609043     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(99)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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