Vulnerability of Animal Trade Networks to The Spread of Infectious Diseases: A Methodological Approach Applied to Evaluation and Emergency Control Strategies in Cattle, France, 2005

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-120

  Rautureau, S ^a   Dufour, B ^b   Durand, B ^a  

^a French agency for food Environmental and occupational health safety (ANSES)   (France)

^b Alfort National Veterinary School (ENVA)   (France)

Author keywords

Cattle; France; Network analysis; Trade

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FRANCE; PROCEDURES; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMMERCE; FRANCE; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 79952469783     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2010.01187.x     Document Type: Article

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