Epidemiology of an outbreak of chronic wasting disease on elk farms in Saskatchewan

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1241-1248

  Argue, Connie K ^a   Ribble, Carl ^b   Lees, V Wayne ^c   McLane, Jim ^a   Balachandran, Aru ^a  

^a CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c GOVERNMENT OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CANADA; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR; TIME; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, WILD; DEER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SASKATCHEWAN; TIME FACTORS; WASTING DISEASE, CHRONIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38149072519     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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