Economics analysis of mitigation strategies for FMD Introduction in highly concentrated animal feeding regions

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 931-950

  Elbakidze, Levan ^a   Highfield, Linda ^b   Ward, Michael ^c   McCarl, Bruce A ^b   Norby, Bo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 71949105969     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2009.01477.x     Document Type: Article

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