Horse owners' biosecurity practices following the first equine influenza outbreak in Australia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 304-314

  Schemann, K ^a   Taylor, M R ^b   Toribio, J A L M L ^a   Dhand, N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Equine; Ordinal logistic regression; Owner perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N8; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N8 SUBTYPE; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 81055140417     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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