Epidemiology of bovine brucellosis in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico: literature review of disease-associated factors.
The world literature was searched to document the variables known to affect the initiation, spread, maintenance, and/or control of bovine brucellosis. Each variable was classified into 1 of 3 categories, depending upon whether it was related to the animal population, to management, or to the biology of the disease. These variables were documented and categorized as the initial step for a quantitative path analysis on the epidemiology of bovine brucellosis in a defined geographic area in northern Mexico.
D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D002007:Brucellosis, Bovine / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D002417:Cattle; D008800:Mexico; D012306:Risk; D014611:Vaccination / Q000662:veterinary