Economic benefits of animal tracing in the cattle production sector

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 169-180

  Elbakidze, Levan ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal tracing; Cost minimization; Infectious disease spread mitigation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 34248580707     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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