Within-group contact of cattle in dairy barns and the implications for disease transmission

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 425-429

  Kleinlützum, Dina ^a   Weaver, Giles ^a   Schley, David ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Direct and indirect contact; Livestock disease; Transmission routes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HERD; LIVESTOCK; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

DAIRY CATTLE; DIRECT AND INDIRECT CONTACT; LIVESTOCK DISEASE; TRANSMISSION ROUTES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; HOUSING, ANIMAL;

EID: 84881552933     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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