Technical indicators of financial performance in the dairy herd

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 620-631

  Kristensen, E ^a   Ostergaard S ^b   Krogh, M A ^c   Enevoldsen, C ^c  

^a StrateKo Aps   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Financial performance; Herd health economics; Key performance indicator

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAIRYING; DENMARK; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MILK; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAIRYING; DENMARK; FEMALE; MILK; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 39049167762     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0201     Document Type: Article

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