Contact structures in the poultry industry in Great Britain: Exploring transmission routes for a potential avian influenza virus epidemic

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Dent, Jennifer E ^a   Kao, Rowland R ^b   Kiss, Istvan Z ^c   Hyder, Kieran ^a   Arnold, Mark ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POULTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; POULTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 53549130711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-4-27     Document Type: Article

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