The health of dairy cows is an important factor affecting the profitability farms worldwide, and lameness regarded as one most costly cattle diseases. aim this study was to estimate economic cost cow among Kosovo farms. Data collected from 56 were analysed with a farm-level stochastic (Monte Carlo) simulation model lameness. Lameness-associated sources loss examined within included: reduced mil...

The trends and consequences of terrorist activities are often captured by counting the number of incidents and casualties. More recently, the effects of terrorist acts on various aspects of the economy have been analyzed. These costs are surveyed and put in perspective. As economic consequences are only a part of the overall costs of terrorism, possible approaches for estimating the utility los...

Avian predation in catfish aquaculture has been a persistent issue throughout the history of industry, and as production expanded from piscivorous birds intensified. Catfish ponds Mississippi River delta (in migratory flyway) provide constant readily accessible supply forage for birds. Intensive foraging by fish-eating led to specific regulatory policy numerous on-farm regional management effor...

Losses in the aged are multiple. The literature is replete with physical, social, psychological, and economic losses experienced by the aged. Ujhely (1968) discusses the variety of losses an aged person experiences and the necessity for making an adjustment to that particular loss. As an instructor, I became interested in the losses nurses observed as they worked with the aged in a variety of s...

PRRSV has obsessed world pig industry for decades though the commercial vaccines and stamping-out policy have been widely used in many countries. So far, PRRSV is still prevalent in North America and most Asian countries and leads to huge economic losses. PRRSV is notorious for its quick rate of mutation and recombination that may lead to the change of virulence. A good example is the emergence...