Bioeconomic modeling of lactational antimicrobial treatment of new bovine subclinical intramammary infections caused by contagious pathogens

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4034-4044

  van den Borne, B H P ^a   Halasa, T ^b   van Schaik, G ^c   Hogeveen, H ^a,d   Nielen, M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial treatment; Stochastic economic model; Subclinical mastitis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

EID: 77955592764     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-3030     Document Type: Article

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