Epidemiological investigations in regard to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in Quebec, Canada. Part 1: Biosecurity practices and their geographical distribution in two areas of different swine density

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 74-83

  Lambert, Marie Ève ^a   Poljak, Zvonimir ^b   Arsenault, Julie ^a   D'Allaire, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Pigs; Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome; PRRS; Spatial

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTERIVIRUS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD SAFETY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; PORCINE RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYNDROME VIRUS; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWINE; VETERINARIANS;

ARTERIVIRUS; PORCINE RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYNDROME VIRUS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 84856768161     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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