Quantitative risk assessment case study: Smuggled meats as disease vectors

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-117

  Wooldridge, M ^a   Hartnett, E ^a   Cox, A ^b   Seaman, M ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b SafetyCraft Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African swine fever; Classical swine fever; Disease control; Foot and mouth disease; Import; Meat smuggling; Quantitative risk assessment; Swine vesicular disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33745257875     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.25.1.1651     Document Type: Article

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