Redesigning the serological surveillance program for notifiable avian influenza in Belgian professional poultry holdings

Avian Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 597-605

  Welby, Sarah ^a   Van Den Berg, Thierry ^a   Marché, Sylvie ^a   Houdart, Philippe ^b   Hooyberghs, Jozef ^b   Mintiens, Koen ^a  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Active surveillance; Avian influenza; Optimum sampling; Risk base surveillance; Scenario trees

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BELGIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POULTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POULTRY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

AVES;

EID: 77950194831     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/8749-033009-Reg.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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