The economics of controlling infectious diseases on dairy farms

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 237-256

  Chi, Junwook ^a   Weersink, Alfons ^a   VanLeeuwen, John A ^b   Keefe, Gregory P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0036873669     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2002.tb00335.x     Document Type: Article

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