Cattle to cattle transmission of bovine tuberculosis: Risk factors and dynamics

Cattle Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 116-121

  Green, L ^a   Medley, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Cattle to cattle transmission; Environment; FMD; Infectious disease; Models

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 57549111437     PISSN: 09691251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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