Biosecurity practices in Spanish pig herds: Perceptions of farmers and veterinarians of the most important biosecurity measures

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-231

  Simon Grife M ^a   Martin Valls G E ^a   Vilar Ares, M J ^a   Garcia Bocanegra I ^b   Martin M ^a,c   Mateu, E ^a,c   Casal, J ^a,c  

^a CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biosecurity measures; Perceptions; Pigs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; SWINE; VETERINARIAN;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; SWINE; VETERINARIANS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84876967217     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.11.028     Document Type: Article

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