D 5.4 LP module accounting for limited resources; supporting tool for vets/advisors

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D 5.4 LP module accounting for limited resources; supporting tool for vets/advisors

This document provides a theoretical framework which can support farmers, veterinarians and/or animal health advisors in their decision making process towards animal health management and were to best allocate their scarce resources given the individual nature of each dairy farm. The proposed framework the “Animal Health Management Frontier” reveals the trade-off between preventive effort made to reduce disease incidence and the effect this has on failure costs. Via a linear programming technique a technical efficient frontier and current frontier can be constructed. These frontiers can be directly compared and yields useful insights in the efficiency of the current preventive effort made. Moreover, comparisons between multiple production disorders can be made to determine priority areas in animal health management.

Deliverable lead partner: Wageningen University
Deliverable author: Felix van Soest, Monique Mourits and Henk Hogeveen
Dissemination level: PU, Public

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