Factors influencing diagnostic sample submission by food animal veterinarians in Mississippi;Fattori che influenzano il conferimento del campione diagnostico da parte dei veterinari che si occupano di animali da reddito in Mississippi

Veterinaria Italiana

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-39

  Robinson, Philip A ^a,c   Epperson, William B ^a   Huston, Carla L ^a   Pace, Lanny W ^a   Wills, Robert W ^a   Cosby, Arthur G ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Emerging diseases; Focus group; Laboratory; Mississippi; One Health; Sample submission; Surveillance; United States; Veterinarian

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; LABORATORY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; FOOD INDUSTRY; LABORATORIES; MISSISSIPPI; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84859178850     PISSN: 0505401X     EISSN: 18281427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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