Characteristics of the spatio-temporal network of cattle movements in France over a 5-year period

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-94

  Dutta, Bhagat Lal ^a,b,c   Ezanno, Pauline ^a,b   Vergu, Elisabeta ^c  

^a Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in Animal Health   (France)

^b LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UR341 National Agronomical Research Institute (INRA)   (France)

Author keywords

Disease control; Dynamic networks; Epidemiological modelling; Livestock movements; Network analysis; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EPIDEMIC; FACTUAL DATABASE; FRANCE; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMMERCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRANCE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84910128773     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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