Conceptual framework for analysing farm-specific economic effects of helminth infections in ruminants and control strategies

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 228-235

  van der Voort, Mariska ^a,b   Charlier, Johannes ^b   Lauwers, Ludwig ^a,b   Vercruysse, Jozef ^b   Van Huylenbroeck, Guido ^b   Van Meensel, Jef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal diseases; Farm economics; Farm specific; Helminth; Interdisciplinary framework; Production theory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HELMINTH; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; RUMINANTS;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; VERMES;

EID: 84875387214     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.10.017     Document Type: Article

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