Suboptimal herd performance amplifies the spread of infectious disease in the cattle industry.

Farms that purchase replacement breeding cattle are at increased risk of introducing many economically important diseases. The objectives of this analysis were to determine whether the total number of replacement breeding cattle purchased by individual farms could be reduced by improving herd perfor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: M Carolyn Gates, Mark E J Woolhouse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3966883?pdf=render