A novel method to identify herds with an increased probability of disease introduction due to animal trade

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 367-374

  Frössling, Jenny ^a,b   Nusinovici, Simon ^c,d   Nöremark, Maria ^a   Widgren, Stefan ^a   Lindberg, Ann ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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

^d LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Cattle; Contact network; Coxiella burnetii; Probability of disease ratio

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COXIELLA BURNETII; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; Q FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COXIELLA BURNETII; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MILK; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 84911391623     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.07.013     Document Type: Article

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