A stochastic model simulating milk fever in a dairy herd

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 125-143

  Ostergaard S ^a   Sorensen J T ^a   Houe, H ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cows; Disease interrelationships; Diseases; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242499936     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(03)00049-7     Document Type: Article

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