Relative associations of cattle movements, local spread, and biosecurity with bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) seropositivity in beef and dairy herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 285-295

  Gates, M C ^a   Woolhouse, M E J ^a   Gunn, G J ^b   Humphry, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Biosecurity; Cattle Tracing System (CTS); Dairy cattle; Farmer behaviour; Spatial risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BIOSECURITY; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA; CATTLE; CATTLE TRACING SYSTEM (CTS); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FARMER BEHAVIOUR; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPATIAL RISK FACTORS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY;

BEEF CATTLE; BIOSECURITY; CATTLE TRACING SYSTEM (CTS); DAIRY CATTLE; FARMER BEHAVIOUR; SPATIAL RISK FACTORS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BOVINE VIRUS DIARRHEA-MUCOSAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA VIRUSES, BOVINE VIRAL; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84886801784     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.07.017     Document Type: Article

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