The potential spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus via dynamic contacts between poultry premises in Great Britain

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Dent, Jennifer E ^a,e   Kiss, Istvan Z ^c   Kao, Rowland R ^d   Arnold, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; POULTRY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY;

ABATTOIRS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; EPIDEMICS; GREAT BRITAIN; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; POULTRY; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 80053929040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-7-59     Document Type: Article

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