Norwegian farmers' vigilance in reporting sheep showing scrapie-associated signs

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hopp, Petter ^a   Vatn, Synnøve ^b   Jarp, Jorun ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Sheep Health Service   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INFECTION CONTROL; LISTERIOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; LISTERIOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

EID: 67651148435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-3-34     Document Type: Article

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