Characteristics of biosecurity and infection control programs at veterinary teaching hospitals

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 233, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 767-773

  Benedict, Katharine M ^a   Morley, Paul S ^a   Van Metre, David C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 51349162630     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.233.5.767     Document Type: Article

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