Simulation analysis of the effect of herd immunity and age structure on infection of a cattle herd with bluetongue viruses in Queensland, Australia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-309

  Ward, M P ^a,b   Carpenter, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BOS TAURUS; OVIS ARIES;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SHEEP DISEASE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0031062894     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(96)01081-1     Document Type: Article

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