Attitudes of Canadian dairy farmers toward a voluntary Johne's disease control program

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1491-1499

  Sorge, U ^a   Kelton, D ^a   Lissemore, K ^a   Godkin, A ^b   Hendrick, S ^c   Wells, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Control program; Dairy farmer; Johne's disease; Perception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; PARATUBERCULOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

EID: 77949945140     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2447     Document Type: Article

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