Social-network analysis of Mycobacterium bovis transmission among captive brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 147-167

  Corner, L A L ^a,b   Pfeiffer, D U ^a,c   Morris, R S ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Brushtail possum; Disease transmission; Social network analysis; Wildlife diseases

Indexed keywords

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0037523488     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(03)00075-8     Document Type: Article

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