culling and reduced slaughter value, mortality loss, and abortion and reproductive loss) and
treatment costs (veterinary services, medication cost, and extra farm labour cost) due to four
infectious diseases in the Maritime provinces of Canada: bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD),
enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL), Johne's Disease (JD), and neosporosis. We used a partial-
budget model, and incorporated risk and sensitivity analyses to identify the effects of …
Our purpose was to determine direct production losses (milk loss, premature voluntary
culling and reduced slaughter value, mortality loss and abortion and reproductive loss) and
treatment costs (veterinary services, medication cost and extra farm labour cost) due to four
infectious diseases in the Maritime provinces of Canada: bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD),
enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL), Johne's Disease (JD), and neosporosis. We used a partial-
budget model, and incorporated risk and sensitivity analyses to identify the effects of …