Economy, efficacy, and feasibility of a risk-based control program against paratuberculosis

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4599-4609

  Kudahl, A B ^a   Nielsen, S S ^b   Ostergaard S ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Management; Paratuberculosis; Risk based control; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 57749096915     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1257     Document Type: Article

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