Risk factors for bovine Tuberculosis at the national level in Great Britain

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bessell, Paul R ^a,b   Orton, Richard ^a   White, Piran C L ^c   Hutchings, Mike R ^b   Kao, Rowland R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; TAXIDIINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMMERCE; GREAT BRITAIN; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSTELIDAE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84860597520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-51     Document Type: Article

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