A Bioeconomic Analysis of Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex

Nfune Nyamusika, Thomas Spreen, Owen Rae and Charles Moss

Review of Agricultural Economics, 1994, vol. 16, issue 1, 39-53

Abstract: Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex (BRDC) is an important disease affecting both beef and dairy cattle produced in confinement operations. A bioeconomic model of BRDC is developed for a typical Midwestern feedlot. Using vaccine efficacy rates found in the veterinary science literature, significant returns to vaccination are estimated.

Date: 1994
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