Network analysis of cattle movements in Uruguay: Quantifying heterogeneity for risk-based disease surveillance and control

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-22

  VanderWaal, Kimberly L ^a   Picasso, Catalina ^a,b   Enns, Eva A ^c   Craft, Meggan E ^a   Alvarez, Julio ^a   Fernandez, Federico ^b   Gil, Andres ^d   Perez, Andres ^a   Wells, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Ministry of Livestock Agriculture and Fisheries   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Disease risk,; Livestock movement; Pathogen transmission; Social network analysis; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; PROCEDURES; SEASON; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRANSMISSION; URUGUAY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; TRANSPORTATION; URUGUAY;

EID: 84958787062     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.12.003     Document Type: Article

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