Predictors of the first between-herd animal movement for cattle born in 2002 in Ireland

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 264-269

  White, P ^a   Frankena, K ^b   O'Keeffe, J ^a   More, S J ^a   Martin, S W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle movement; Disease transmission; Retrospective cohort study; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; IRELAND; MALE; NEWBORN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; IRELAND; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 78650170311     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.09.017     Document Type: Article

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