Assessing economic consequences of foot disorders in dairy cattle using a dynamic stochastic simulation model

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2419-2432

  Bruijnis, M R N ^a   Hogeveen, H ^a,b   Stassen, E N ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Economic modeling; Foot disorder; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COST; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FOOT DISEASE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; FOOT DISEASES; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77952969799     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2721     Document Type: Article

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