The human-animal interface of domestic livestock management and production and its relationship to brucellosis in the country of Georgia 2010: A rapid assessment analysis

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 10-16

  Havas, Karyn A ^a   Ramishvili, Marine ^b   Navdarashvili, Archil ^b   Imnadze, Paata ^b   Salman, Mo ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Disease ecology; Epidemiology; Rapid assessment; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DAIRY PRODUCT; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE; BRUCELLA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84860251771     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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