Description of the pig production systems, biosecurity practices and herd health providers in two provinces with high swine density in the Philippines

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 73-87

  Alawneh, J I ^a   Barnes, T S ^a   Parke, C ^a   Lapuz, E ^b   David, E ^b   Basinang, V ^c   Baluyut, A ^d   Villar, E ^e   Lopez, E L ^f   Blackall, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b RADDL   (Philippines)

^c Provincial Veterinary Office of Bulacan   (Philippines)

^d Provincial Veterinary Office of Pampanga   (Philippines)

^e Livestock Research Division PCAARRD DOST   (Philippines)

^f Bureau of Animal Industry   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Herd health; Pig; Risk based disease control; Social network analysis; Swine

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOSECURITY; HERD HEALTH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PHILIPPINES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK-BASED DISEASE CONTROL; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VETERINARIAN;

BIOSECURITY; HERD HEALTH; PIG; RISK-BASED DISEASE CONTROL; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; PHILIPPINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VETERINARIANS;

EID: 84896696975     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.01.020     Document Type: Article

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