The cost of different types of lameness in dairy cows calculated by dynamic programming

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Cha, E ^a   Hertl, J A ^a   Bar, D ^b   Grohn Y T ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SCR Engineers Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cost; Dairy; Decision making; Digital dermatitis; Dynamic programming; Foot rot; Lameness; Sole ulcer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COST; DAIRYING; DECISION MAKING; DERMATITIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT ULCER; HOOF AND CLAW; MILK; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; DECISION MAKING; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; FOOT ULCER; HOOF AND CLAW; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MILK;

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EID: 77957150269     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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