Impacto económico de la mastitis subclínica en hatos bovinos de doble propósito de la Zona Centro del Estado de Yucatán
The objective of this work was to determine theeconomic losses caused by mastitis in dual purposecattle herds. An observational study was carried outduring six months in nine production units with anaverage population of 15 animals A mean of eight sickanimals was identified, causing a loss of $129 6...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2007 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-UADY |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:93970207 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=93970207 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Agrociencias mastitis economics losses Dual purpose bovine |
| Sumario: | The objective of this work was to determine theeconomic losses caused by mastitis in dual purposecattle herds. An observational study was carried outduring six months in nine production units with anaverage population of 15 animals A mean of eight sickanimals was identified, causing a loss of $129 600 dueto reduced milk production; $11 250 due to culling;$750 spent in medicaments and $313 paid for extrawork.The economic losses caused by mastitis affectthe economy of farmers. These can be reduced byprevention and management programs previously andeconomically evaluated. |
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