A comparison of different models for assessing variations in the sero-prevalence of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis by farm, area and district in Kenya

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 219-234

  McDermott, J J ^a,b   Kadohira, M ^a,d   O'Callaghan, C J ^a,c   Shoukri, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis; Kenya; Modelling; Multi level analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BOVINE HERPESVIRUS 1; BOVINE RHINOTRACHEITIS VIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTIOUS BOVINE RHINOTRACHEITIS VIRUS; KENYA; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPESVIRUS 1, BOVINE; INFECTIOUS BOVINE RHINOTRACHEITIS; KENYA; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031241306     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(97)00025-1     Document Type: Article

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