Avian influenza outbreak management: Action at time of confirmation, depopulation and disposal methods; the 'Belgian experience' during the H7N7 highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemic in 2003

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-64

  Van Den Berg, T ^a   Houdart, P ^b  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Control; Depopulation; Disposal; H7N7; Management

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; POLYETHYLENE;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL HOUSING; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BELGIUM; CARCASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISINFECTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N7; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; VIRUS INACTIVATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; BELGIUM; BIRDS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N7 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; POPULATION CONTROL; TIME FACTORS;

AVES;

EID: 38149133909     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2007.01103.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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