A review of management practices for the control of anthrax in animals: The 2005 anthrax epizootic in North Dakota - Case study

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 279-290

  Ndiva Mongoh, M ^a   Dyer, N W ^a   Stoltenow, C L ^a   Hearne, R ^a   Khaitsa, M L ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Biosecurity; Disease control; Prevention and treatment; Public health

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTHRAX VACCINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN G SODIUM; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CARCASS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTHRAX VACCINES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; NORTH DAKOTA; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 48949118185     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01135.x     Document Type: Review

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