Chronic wasting disease (CWD) potential economic impact on cervid farming in Alberta

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 72, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 1014-1017

  Arnot, Chris ^a   Laate, Emmanuel ^a   Unterschultz, James ^a   Adamowicz, Wiktor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FARMING SYSTEM; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; CANADA; ECONOMICS;

CERVIDAE;

AGRICULTURE; ALBERTA; ANIMALS; DEER; HOUSING, ANIMAL; WASTING DISEASE, CHRONIC;

EID: 69849087731     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390903084223     Document Type: Article

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