Bovine tuberculosis surveillance alternatives in Belgium

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-161

  Welby, S ^a   Govaerts, M ^b   Vanholme, L ^c   Hooyberghs, J ^c   Mennens, K ^c   Maes, L ^c   Van Der Stede, Y ^a,d  

^a Epidemiology and Risk Analysis (CVD ERA)   (Belgium)

^b VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain FASFC   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bovine; Risk based; Scenario tree; Surveillance; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DECISION TREE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CATTLE; DECISION TREES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84865343885     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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