Evaluation of risks of foot-and-mouth disease in Scotland to assist with decision making during the 2007 outbreak in the UK

Veterinary Record

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 124-

  Volkova, V V ^a,c   Bessell, P R ^b   Woolhouse, M E J ^a   Savill, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRANSPORTATION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79961088111     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.d2715     Document Type: Article

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