Bioexclusion of diseases from dairy and beef farms: Risks of introducing infectious agents and risk reduction strategies

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-150

  Mee, John F ^a   Geraghty, Tim ^b   O'Neill, Ronan ^c   More, Simon J ^d  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Central Veterinary Laboratory   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bioexclusion; Biosecurity; Cattle; Disease transmission; Management

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; BEEF CATTLE; BIOEXCLUSION; BIOSECURITY; BLUETONGUE; BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA; CATTLE FARMING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRYING; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DIGITAL DERMATITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERADICATION THERAPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOMITE; HELMINTHIASIS; HERD IMMUNITY; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MASTITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTECTION; PURCHASING; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROCONVERSION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT STRESS; VACCINATION; VECTOR CONTROL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; HUMANS; INFECTION; MEAT; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; QUARANTINE; RISK FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

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EID: 84868683340     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2012.07.001     Document Type: Review

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