Measuring the costs of biosecurity on poultry farms: A case study in broiler production in Finland

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Siekkinen, Kirsi Maarit ^a   Heikkilä, Jaakko ^b   Tammiranta, Niina ^a   Rosengren, Heidi ^a,c  

^a NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Sjundeå Veterinärer Ab ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Broiler production; Infectious disease; On farm costs; Poultry; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES;

COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POULTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSTATS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84857424141     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-54-12     Document Type: Article

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