Has culling been properly assessed as a valid and justified control intervention measure for zoonotic diseases?

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Johansen, Maria Vang ^a   Penrith, Mary Lou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DOG DISEASE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; HUMAN; NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASE; NOTE; PREVALENCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ETHICS; EVALUATION; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 70449475566     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000541     Document Type: Note

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