Descriptive and social network analysis of pig transport data recorded by quality assured pig farms in the UK

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 167-177

  Smith, R P ^a,b   Cook, A J C ^a   Christley, R M ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pig; Salmonella; Social network analysis; Transport

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SALMONELLA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; GREAT BRITAIN; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRANSPORTATION;

SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84871656358     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.08.011     Document Type: Article

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