The association between the bovine tuberculosis status of herds in the East Offaly project area, and the distance to badger setts, 1988-1993

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 113-125

  Martin, S W ^a   Eves, J A ^b   Dolan, L A ^b   Hammond, R F ^b   Griffin, J M ^b   Collins, J D ^b   Shoukri, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Badger; Bovine; Cattle; Distance; Epidemiology; Etiologic fraction; Exposure; Generalised estimating equations; Herd; Logistic regression; Odds ratio; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARNIVORA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; CATTLE; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE VECTORS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 0031179516     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(96)01111-7     Document Type: Article

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