Making contact: Rooting out the potential for exposure of commercial production swine facilities to feral swine in North Carolina

EcoHealth

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-81

  Engeman, Richard ^a   Betsill, Carl ^b   Ray, Tom ^c  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c NCDA and CS   (United States)

Author keywords

disease exposure; feral hog; invasive species; pork production; pseudorabies; swine brucellosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSEUDORABIES; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; HERPESVIRUS 1, SUID; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSEUDORABIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

SUID HERPESVIRUS 1; SUIDAE;

EID: 84856265261     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-011-0688-8     Document Type: Article

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