Risk assessment of the introduction of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus via boar semen into Switzerland as an example of a PRRSV-free country

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 546-554

  Nathues, C ^a   Zimmerli, U ^b   Hauser, R ^b   Nathues, H ^c   Grosse Beilage, E ^d   Schupbach Regula G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

PRRS; Import; Monitoring systems; Pig; Risk analysis; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

PORCINE RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYNDROME VIRUS; SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; MALE; PIG; PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME VIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPERM; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE DISEASES; SWITZERLAND; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; PORCINE RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYNDROME VIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMEN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84911444166     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12059     Document Type: Article

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