Rate of transmission: A major determinant of the cost of clinical mastitis

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 6301-6314

  Down, P M ^a   Green, M J ^a   Hudson, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mastitis; Probabilistic sensitivity analysis; Transmission; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANIMAL; BOVINAE; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CATTLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 84884349393     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-6470     Document Type: Article

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