Incorporating farmer observations in efforts to manage bovine tuberculosis using barrier fencing at the wildlife-livestock interface

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 301-305

  Brook, Ryan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Deer; Elk; Exclosure; Farmer observations; Fencing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CANADA; CATTLE; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POACEAE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CATTLE; DEER; FEMALE; MALE; MANITOBA; POACEAE; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 77949491518     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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