Effectiveness of cattle operated bump gates and exclusion fences in preventing ungulate multi-host sanitary interaction

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 42-50

  Barasona, J A ^a   VerCauteren, K C ^b   Saklou, N ^b   Gortazar, C ^a   Vicente, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle operated gates; Exclusion fences; Livestock wild ungulates interface; Tuberculosis; Water points

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVALUATION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPAIN; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SPAIN; SUS SCROFA; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84879011128     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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