Targeted screening of high-risk cattle populations for BSE to augment mandatory reporting of clinical suspects

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 3-16

  Doherr, M G ^a,b   Heim, D ^a   Fatzer, R ^b   Cohen, C H ^a,b   Vandevelde, M ^b   Zurbriggen, A ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Cattle; Epidemiology; Mandatory reporting; Screening; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; MASS SCREENING; SWITZERLAND;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0035922032     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(01)00203-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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