Costs of mastitis: Facts and perception

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-120

  Huijps, Kirsten ^a   Lam, Theo J G M ^b   Hogeveen, Henk ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Udder Health Centre   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Costs; Economic losses; Farmers; Mastitis; Perception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 43049109896     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029907002932     Document Type: Article

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