The cost of clinical mastitis in the first 30 days of lactation: An economic modeling tool

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 257-264

  Rollin, E ^a   Dhuyvetter, K C ^b   Overton, M W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Economics; Mastitis; Transition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; BOVINE MASTITIS; DAIRYING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962223985     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.11.006     Document Type: Article

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