Cattle producers' economic incentives for preventing bovine brucellosis under uncertainty

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 187-203

  Roberts, Trenton W ^a   Peck, Dannele E ^a   Ritten, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult booster vaccination; Breakeven effectiveness; Cow calf production; Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem; Partial budgeting; Risk

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALIA; BISON; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84868209534     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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