Development of a model to simulate infection dynamics of Mycobacterium bovis in cattle herds in the United States

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 243, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 411-423

  Smith, Rebecca L ^a   Schukken, Ynte H ^a   Lu, Zhao ^a   Mitchell, Rebecca M ^a   Grohn, Yrjo T ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880431723     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.243.3.411     Document Type: Article

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