Risk factors for disclosure of additional tuberculous cattle in attested-clear herds that had one animal with a confirmed lesion of tuberculosis at slaughter during 2003 in Ireland

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 81-91

  Olea Popelka, F J ^a,d   Costello, E ^b   White, P ^c   McGrath, G ^c   Collins, J D ^c   O'Keeffe, J ^c   Kelton, D F ^a   Berke, O ^a   More, S ^c   Martin, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis lesion; Cattle; Herd testing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RISK FACTOR; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONTACT TRACING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 42149192505     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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