The effect of farm management strategies on the incidence of sheep strike in Britain: A simulation analysis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 341-357

  Fenton, A ^a   Wall, R ^b   French, N P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control methods Arthropoda; Farm management strategies; Lucilia sericata; Modelling; Myiasis; Sheep Arthropoda; Strike

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; RAIN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MYIASIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP DISEASE; SIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYIASIS; OVIPOSITION; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0031740768     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00174-5     Document Type: Article

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