The epidemiology of BSE in cattle herds in Great Britain. I. Epidemiological processes, demography of cattle and approaches to control by culling

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1355, 1997, Pages 781-801

  Donnelly, C A ^a   Ferguson, N M ^a   Ghani, A C ^a   Woolhouse, M E J ^a   Watt, C J ^a   Anderson, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CULLING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

UK;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0031590048     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0062     Document Type: Article

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