Network analysis of swine shipments in Ontario, Canada, to support disease spread modelling and risk-based disease management

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 118-127

  Dorjee, S ^a   Revie, C W ^a   Poljak, Z ^b   McNab, W B ^c   Sanchez, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Modelling parameters; Network analysis; Pigs; Shipments movement; Swine

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MODELLING PARAMETERS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PIGS; RISK FACTOR; SHIPMENTS/MOVEMENT; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

MODELLING PARAMETERS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PIGS; SHIPMENTS/MOVEMENT; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMERCE; FEMALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ONTARIO; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84882280727     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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