Multi Criteria Decision Making to evaluate control strategies of contagious animal diseases

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 201-210

  Mourits, M C M ^a   van Asseldonk, M A P M ^a   Huirne, R B M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chief Veterinary Officers; Classical Swine Fever; Control strategy; EU; Evamix; Multi Criteria Decision Making; Ranking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPEAN UNION; METHODOLOGY; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EUROPEAN UNION; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 77956012883     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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