Attitudes towards biosecurity practices relevant to Johne's disease control on beef cattle farms

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 222-230

  Benjamin, L A ^a   Fosgate, G T ^a   Ward, M P ^a   Roussel, A J ^a   Feagin, R A ^b   Schwartz, A L ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Texas Animal Health Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beef producers; Biosecurity; Disease control program; Johne's disease; Veterinarians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATTLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATTLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS; VETERINARIANS;

BOS; BOVIDAE;

EID: 77949489669     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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