Optimal insemination and replacement decisions to minimize the cost of pathogen-specific clinical mastitis in dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2101-2117

  Cha, E ^a,d   Kristensen, A R ^b   Hertl, J A ^a   Schukken, Y H ^a   Tauer, L W ^c   Welcome, F L ^a   Grohn Y T ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cost; Dynamic programming; Mastitis; Pathogen; Rank

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; KLEBSIELLA; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84896393663     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7067     Document Type: Article

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