Surveillance and control of bovine brucellosis in the Republic of Korea during 2000-2006

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 66-79

  Lee, B Y ^a   Higgins, I M ^b   Moon, O K ^a   Clegg, T A ^b   McGrath, G ^b   Collins, D M ^b   Park, J Y ^a   Yoon, H C ^a   Lee, S J ^a   More, S J ^b  

^a Animal Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Brucella abortus; Brucellosis; Control; Epidemiology; Korea; Republic of Korea; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOREA; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; KOREA; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 67349213605     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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