Perceived risk and strategy efficacy as motivators of risk management strategy adoption to prevent animal diseases in pig farming

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 284-295

  Valeeva, N I ^a   van Asseldonk, M A P M ^a   Backus, G B C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal health management; Health Belief Model; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 81055140445     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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