Economic effect of bovine abortion syndrome in commercial dairy herds in Southern Chile

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-19

  Gadicke P ^a,b   Vidal, R ^a   Monti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Abortion; Bovine; Dairy cattle; Economic

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHILE; COST; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MILK; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHILE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MILK; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 77957137085     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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