Animal biowarfare research: Historical perspective and potential future attacks

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 536-544

  Yeh, Jung Yong ^a   Park, Jee Yong ^a   Cho, Yun Sang ^a   Cho, In Soo ^a  

^a Animal Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Argoterrorism; Bioterrorism; Foreign animal diseases

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTHRAX; ARMY; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BATTLE INJURY; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENT; CONTAGIOUS PLEUROPNEUMONIA; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; GLANDERS; HISTORY; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; NEWCASTLE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; REVIEW; TERRORISM; TULAREMIA; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS; BIOTERRORISM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; POULTRY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84869200668     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01505.x     Document Type: Review

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