Costs of clinical mastitis with special reference to premature culling

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-150

  Heikkila A M ^a   Nousiainen, J I ^a   Pyorala S ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Dynamic programming; Economics; Mastitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; COST; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MILK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 84055189949     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4321     Document Type: Article

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