Dynamic programming to investigate financial impacts of mastitis control decisions in milk production systems

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 515-528

  Yalcin, Cengiz ^a   Stott, Alistair W ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MODEL; COW; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; MASTITIS; MILK PRODUCTION; MILK YIELD; MILK; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0034508602     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029900004453     Document Type: Article

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