Impact of changes in cattle movement regulations on the risks of bovine tuberculosis for Scottish farms

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 125-136

  Gates, M C ^a   Volkova, V V ^a,b   Woolhouse, M E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural response; Cattle movements; Control; Officially Tuberculosis Free; Post movement testing; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HERD IMMUNITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; EPIDEMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; IMMUNITY, HERD; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RISK; SCOTLAND; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84871651323     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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