Unraveling the contact patterns and network structure of pig shipments in the United States and its association with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) outbreaks

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue , 2017, Pages 113-123

  Lee, Kyuyoung ^a   Polson, Dale ^b   Lowe, Erin ^b   Main, Rodger ^c   Holtkamp, Derald ^c   Martínez López, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA INC   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infectious disease; PED; Pork value chain; PRRS; Social network analysis; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; PIG; PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME VIRUS; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COMMERCE; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; PORCINE RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYNDROME VIRUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85011695846     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.02.001     Document Type: Article

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