An impossible undertaking: The eradication of bovine tuberculosis in the United States

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 734-772

  Olmstead, Alan L ^a   Rhode, Paul W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DISEASE CONTROL; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LIVESTOCK FARMING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5544300063     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022050704002955     Document Type: Article

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