Blood, guts and knife cuts: Reducing the risk of swine brucellosis in feral pig hunters in north-west New South Wales, Australia

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Massey, P D ^a   Polkinghorne, B G ^b   Durrheim, D N ^a   Lower, T ^c   Speare, R ^d  

^a HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^c Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Brucella suis; Brucellosis; Feral pigs; Hunting; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; FOCUS GROUPS; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84859887673     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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