Use of a benefit function to assess the relative investment potential of alternative farm animal disease prevention strategies

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 179-193

  Stott, A W ^a   Gunn, G J ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SAC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine viral diarrhoea virus; Disease control; Economics; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; INFECTION CONTROL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BOVINE VIRUS DIARRHEA-MUCOSAL DISEASE; CATTLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA VIRUSES, BOVINE VIRAL; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; SCOTLAND; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 41449106105     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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