An unaddressed issue of agricultural terrorism: A case study on feed security

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3394-3400

  Kosal, M E ^a   Anderson, D E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroterrorism; Alpacas; Feed Contamination; Feed Security; Poisoning; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 7244223476     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2004.82113394x     Document Type: Article

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