The use of risk assessment to decide the control strategy for bluetongue in Italian ruminant populations

Risk Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1737-1753

  Giovannini, Armando ^a   MacDiarmid, Stuart ^b   Calistri, Paolo ^a   Conte, Annamaria ^a   Savini, Lara ^a   Nannini, Donatella ^a   Weber, Steve ^c  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^b New Zealand Food Safety Authority   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Control strategy; Infectious disease; Risk assessment; Veterinary medicine

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITARY ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL PRODUCTS; BLUETONGUE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; VETERINARY SERVICES;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUMINANT;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROL STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH HAZARD; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOATS; ITALY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; VACCINES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 11344257836     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2004.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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