Business affiliation could increase potential risk of farm-to-farm transmission of avian influenza
Friday, April 23, 2010 - 00:30
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study examines the potential influence that the business connections between broiler chicken growers may have on the transmission of avian influenza, H5N1. According to the study, the risk of between-farm transmission is significantly greater among farms within the same company group than it is between farms with different company affiliation.