Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 91, Issue 6 , Pages 2205-2214 , June 2008

The Cost of Generic Clinical Mastitis in Dairy Cows as Estimated by Using Dynamic Programming

  • D. Bar

      Affiliations

    • Section of Epidemiology, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • L.W. Tauer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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  • G. Bennett

      Affiliations

    • Quality Milk Production Services, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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  • R.N. González

      Affiliations

    • Quality Milk Production Services, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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  • J.A. Hertl

      Affiliations

    • Section of Epidemiology, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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  • Y.H. Schukken

      Affiliations

    • Quality Milk Production Services, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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  • H.F. Schulte

      Affiliations

    • Quality Milk Production Services, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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  • F.L. Welcome

      Affiliations

    • Quality Milk Production Services, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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  • Y.T. Gröhn

      Affiliations

    • Section of Epidemiology, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853

Received 3 August 2007 ,Accepted 21 January 2008.

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PII: S0022-0302(08)71171-8

doi: 10.3168/jds.2007-0573

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 91, Issue 6 , Pages 2205-2214 , June 2008

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