Distribution of cow-calf producers' beliefs regarding gathering and holding their cattle and observing animal movement restrictions during an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 518-532

  Delgado, Amy H ^a   Norby, Bo ^b   Scott, H Morgan ^c   Dean, Wesley ^d   McIntosh, W Alex ^e   Bush, Eric ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion CNPP   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Cattle producers; Cow calf; FMD; Foot and mouth disease; Foreign animal disease control; Movement ban; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84912108153     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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