Considerations on BVD eradication for the Irish livestock industry
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Considerations on BVD eradication for the Irish livestock industry
Animal Health Ireland has produced clear guidelines for the control of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) infection in Irish cattle herds. In the course of developing these guidelines it was clear that a framework for regional and/or national BVD control would be required to increase the uptake of BVD control at farm level and reduce the overall prevalence of the disease. This paper assessed the econ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Irish Veterinary Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2046-0481
DOI: 10.1186/2046-0481-64-12