Epidemiological and financial considerations for the control of Neospora caninum on Swiss dairy farms;Epidemiologische und finanzielle entscheidungsgrundlagen zur kontrolle von Neospora caninum auf schweizer milchviehbetrieben

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 273-280

  Häsler, Barbara ^a,c   Stark K ^c   Gottstein, B ^b   Reist, M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control strategies; Dairy cattle; Farm level; Financial analysis; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND; THEORETICAL MODEL; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; COCCIDIOSTATS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOSPORA; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 45349093351     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.150.6.273     Document Type: Article

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