Risk of introduction of BSE into Japan by the historical importation of cattle from the United Kingdom and Germany

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 191-200

  Sugiura, Katsuaki ^a  

^a Food Safety Commission of Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE); Import risk analysis; Japan; Live cattle; Modelling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; JAPAN; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMMERCE; DAIRYING; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; JAPAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 4344590036     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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