Beef Economics and the Bovine Practitioner

Abstract

The practicing veterinarian routinely faces decisions which have to be made in a short time frame. Most disease problems need a quick decision and a quick response. Thus it may be difficult to study the economy from a long term perspective, however this needs to be the first approach to making decisions on your economic future. The good news is that most economic decisions do not have to be made quickly and can be studied over a period of time using available reference data before a decision has to be made. The bad news is that many of the decisions made in this arena have long term ramifications.