Pig farmers' perceptions, attitudes, influences and management of information in the decision-making process for disease control

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 223-242

  Alarcon, Pablo ^a   Wieland, Barbara ^a,b   Mateus, Ana L P ^a   Dewberry, Chris ^c  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Swiss Development Cooperation   (Mongolia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making process; Disease control; Information sources; Pig farmers; Qualitative analysis; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PIG; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWINE DISEASES; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84908109265     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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