Distribution and interspecies contact of feral swine and cattle on rangeland in south Texas: Implications for disease transmission

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 152-164

  Cooper, Susan M ^a   Morgan Scott, H ^b   De La Garza, Guadalupe R ^c   Deck, Aubrey L ^c,d   Cathey, James C ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Foot and mouth disease; GPS; Habitat selection; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS INDICUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TEXAS;

EID: 77449116100     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.1.152     Document Type: Article

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