Effect of certified health programs on the sale price of beef calves marketed through a livestock videotape auction service from 1995 through 2005

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 229, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1389-1400

  King, Michael E ^a   Salman, M D ^a   Wittum, Thomas E ^b   Odde, Kenneth G ^c   Seeger, Jon T ^d   Grotelueschen, Dale M ^d   Rogers, Glenn M ^d   Quakenbush, Gregory A ^d  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; CERTIFICATION; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH PROGRAM; LIVESTOCK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEAT INDUSTRY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; VIDEOTAPE; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMMERCE; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEAT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33750559114     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.229.9.1389     Document Type: Article

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