Farm-level risk factors for the occurrence, new infection or persistence of tuberculosis in cattle herds from South-Central Spain

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 268-278

  Martinez Lopez B ^a,b,c   Barasona, J A ^b   Gortazar C ^b   Rodriguez Prieto V ^c   Sanchez Vizcaino J M ^c   Vicente, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cattle tuberculosis; Multilevel logistic regression; Red deer; Risk factors; Spain; Wild boar; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84908094033     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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