Infectious disease, productivity, and scale in open and closed animal production systems

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 900-917

  Hennessy, David A ^a   Roosen, Jutta ^b   Jensen, Helen H ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal disease; Biosecurity; Feeder trade; Industrialization; Information; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PRODUCTIVITY; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 29144434622     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00777.x     Document Type: Article

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