Risk factors associated with the prevalence of footrot in sheep from 1999 to 2000

Veterinary Record

Volumn 152, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 351-358

  Wassink, G J ^a   Grogono Thomas, R ^b   Moore, L J ^b   Green, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL VACCINE; COPPER DERIVATIVE; FOOTVAX; FORMALDEHYDE; IODINE DERIVATIVE; VAXALL NOROT; ZINC SULFATE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT ROT; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP DISEASE; SHEEP FARMING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0345701310     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.152.12.351     Document Type: Article

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