Economic value of timely determination of unexpected decreases in detection of estrus using control charts

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3516-3526

  De Vries, A ^a,b   Conlin, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy; Detection of estrus; Economics; Statistical process control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; COST; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 1542544440     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73956-3     Document Type: Article

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