An economic evaluation of long-term sustainability in the dairy sector

Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 315-325

  Santarossa, J M ^a   Stott, A W ^a   Woolliams, J A ^b   Brotherstone, S ^a   Wall, E ^a   Coffey, M P ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bio economic model; Dairy industry; Economic evaluation; Integrated systems

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 7544234556     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800090172     Document Type: Article

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