Cattle movements and bovine tuberculosis in Great Britain

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7041, 2005, Pages 491-496

  Gilbert, M ^a   Mitchell, A ^b   Bourn, D ^c   Mawdsley, J ^b   Clifton Hadley, R ^b   Wint, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (BTB); IMPORT/EXPORT REGULATIONS; LIVESTOCK DISEASES;

DISEASES;

LIVESTOCK; TRANSPORTATION;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; GOVERNMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; POLICY; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMMERCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGRICULTURE; DISEASES; REGULATIONS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 19544394086     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03548     Document Type: Article

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