title: Decision support models of leptospirosis in dairy herds.
abstract: Following the results of a survey which found that 61 per cent of dairy farmers felt that they needed more information about leptospirosis, and the strategies for its control and the costs and benefits involved, this paper describes the construction and preliminary results of two models of the disease intended to help explore the risks and financial implications of Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo infection for dairy producers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, University of Reading.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Bennett
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003612:Dairying / Q000191:economics*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D005260:Female; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012307:Risk Factors