The impact of animal introductions during herd restrictions on future herd-level bovine tuberculosis risk

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 246-257

  Clegg, T A ^a   Blake, M ^b   Healy, R ^b   Good, M ^b   Higgins, I M ^a   More, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Agriculture House   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Ireland; Mycobacterium bovis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; IRELAND; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 84875401726     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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