An integrated process and management tools for ranking multiple emerging threats to animal health

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 94-102

  Del Rio Vilas, Victor J ^a,b   Voller, Fay ^a,c   Montibeller, Gilberto ^d   Franco, L Alberto ^e   Sribhashyam, Sumitra ^d   Watson, Eamon ^c   Hartley, Matt ^a,c   Gibbens, Jane C ^a,c  

^a Food and Rural Affairs   (United Kingdom)

^b BECHTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emerging threats; Multi criteria decision analysis; Prioritisation; Vulnerabilities

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GREAT BRITAIN; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84871662958     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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