Investigations of cattle herd breakdowns with bovine tuberculosis in four counties of England and Wales using VETNET data

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 293-311

  Green, L E ^a   Cornell, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Herd breakdown; Risk factors; Space; Time

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; WALES;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 22244457405     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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