Biosecurity on Finnish cattle, pig and sheep farms - results from a questionnaire

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-67

  Sahlström, Leena ^a   Virtanen, Terhi ^a   Kyyrö, Jonna ^a   Lyytikäinen, Tapani ^a  

^a NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Cattle; GLM; Pig; Questionnaire; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; FINLAND; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PIG; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DATA COLLECTION; FINLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84910138802     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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