BSE, feed and cattle in Switzerland: Is there a spatial relation?

Veterinary Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 409-418

  Schwermer, Heinzpeter ^a   Forster, Katharina ^a   Brülisauer, Franz ^a   Chaubert, Claude ^b   Heim, Dagmar ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Fed Res Stn for Anim Prod   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Cluster; Compound feed; Feed producer; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SWITZERLAND; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; MALE; RISK;

BOS; BOVINAE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34547448630     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2007005     Document Type: Article

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