Epidemiological investigation of bovine tuberculosis herd breakdowns in Spain 2009/2011

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Guta, Sintayehu ^a,b   Casal, Jordi ^b,c   Napp, Sebastian ^b   Saez, Jose Luis ^d   Garcia Saenz, Ariadna ^b   Perez De Val, Bernat ^b   Romero, Beatriz ^e   Alvarez, Julio ^f   Allepuz, Alberto ^b,c  

^a National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Center (NAHDIC)   (Ethiopia)

^b CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Ministerio de Agricultura Alimentación y Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE FARMING; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOUT; HERD; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PASTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84916205562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104383     Document Type: Article

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