Trade communities and their spatial patterns in the German pork production network

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 176-181

  Lentz, H H K ^a,e   Konschake, M ^a   Teske, K ^a   Kasper, M ^a,d   Rother, B ^b,c   Carmanns, R ^b   Petersen, B ^d   Conraths, F J ^a   Selhorst, T ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Landwirtschaft und Forsten ^*  (Germany)

^c HIT CID Datenbank   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communities; Complex network; Disease management; Epidemiology; German pork production; Modularity; Trade

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COMMERCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRANSPORTATION;

SUIDAE;

EID: 78650510900     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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