Financial analysis of various strategies for the control of Neospora caninum in dairy cattle in Switzerland

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 230-253

  Häsler, Barbara ^a   Regula, Gertraud ^a   Stärk, Katharina D C ^a   Sager, Heinz ^b   Gottstein, Bruno ^b   Reist, Martin ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Control strategies; Dairy cattle; Economic losses; Financial analysis; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOSPORA; PATHOGENICITY; SWITZERLAND; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; COCCIDIOSTATS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOSPORA; SWITZERLAND; VACCINATION;

BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 33750724494     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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