Optimal Replacement of Mastitic Cows Determined by a Hierarchic Markov Process
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Optimal replacement of mastitic cows determined by a hierarchic Markov process.
Farmers frequently have to decide whether to keep or to replace cows that suffer from clinical mastitis. A dynamic programming model was developed to optimize these decisions for individual cows within the herd, using the hierarchic Markov process technique. This technique provides a method to model a wide variety of cows, differing in age, productive performance, reproductive status, and clini...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Dairy Science
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0022-0302
DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(94)77239-8