A national-scale picture of U.S. cattle movements obtained from Interstate Certificate of Veterinary Inspection data

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 318-329

  Buhnerkempe, Michael G ^a,c   Grear, Daniel A ^a   Portacci, Katie ^b   Miller, Ryan S ^b   Lombard, Jason E ^b   Webb, Colleen T ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle transport; ICVI; Interstate Certificate of Veterinary Inspection; Livestock health; Network; U.S. cattle industry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE TRANSPORT; CERTIFICATION; ICVI; INTERSTATE CERTIFICATE OF VETERINARY INSPECTION; LIVESTOCK HEALTH; NETWORK; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; U.S. CATTLE INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

CATTLE TRANSPORT; ICVI; INTERSTATE CERTIFICATE OF VETERINARY INSPECTION; LIVESTOCK HEALTH; NETWORK; U.S. CATTLE INDUSTRY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERTIFICATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886798036     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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