Border Health: Who's Guarding the Gate?

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 359-372

  Ehnert, Karen ^a,b   Galland, G Gale ^c  

^a Los Angeles County Department of Public Health   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Disease risk; Importation; Trade; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LAW; MARKETING; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; REVIEW; SHIPPING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COMMERCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 58749111288     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2008.10.012     Document Type: Review

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