Risk assessment as a tool for improving external biosecurity at farm level

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lewerin, Susanna Sternberg ^a   Österberg, Julia ^b   Alenius, Stefan ^a   Elvander, Marianne ^b   Fellström, Claes ^a   Tråvén, Madeleine ^a   Wallgren, Per ^b   Waller, Karin Persson ^b   Jacobson, Magdalena ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disease introduction; Infectious disease; Livestock; Model; On farm biosecurity; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; PIG; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; SWEDEN; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 85019204335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-015-0477-7     Document Type: Article

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