Risk factors for herd breakdown with bovine tuberculosis in 148 cattle herds in the south west of England

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 224-230

  Ramirez Villaescusa A M ^a   Medley, G F ^a   Mason, S ^a   Green, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Cohort study; Farm risk factors; Mycobacterium bovis; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MANURE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POPULATION DENSITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; BOVINAE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMERCE; DAIRYING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; MALE; MANURE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POPULATION DENSITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

BOS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

MANURE;

EID: 77954861956     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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