Temporal characterisation of the network of Danish cattle movements and its implication for disease control: 2000-2009

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 379-387

  Mweu, Marshal M ^a   Fournié, Guillaume ^b   Halasa, Tariq ^c   Toft, Nils ^a   Nielsen, Søren S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle movements; Network analysis; Scale free; Small world; Temporal characteristics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DENMARK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVALUATION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMMERCE; DENMARK; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

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EID: 84877715802     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.02.015     Document Type: Article

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