Herd-level risk factors for infection with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in US dairies and association between familiarity of the herd manager with the disease or prior diagnosis of the disease in that herd and use of preventive measures

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 216, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1450-1457

  Wells, Scott J ^a   Wagner, Bruce A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034181856     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.216.1450     Document Type: Article

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