Horse owners'/managers' perceptions about effectiveness of biosecurity measures based on their experiences during the 2007 equine influenza outbreak in Australia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 97-107

  Schemann, K ^a   Firestone, S M ^a   Taylor, M R ^b   Toribio, J A L M L ^a   Ward, M P ^a   Dhand, N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Biosecurity practices; Equine; Equine influenza; Owner perceptions; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N8; MALE; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N8 SUBTYPE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 84865342382     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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