The incidence of sheep strike by Lucilia sericata on sheep farms in Britain: A simulation model

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-228

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blowfly; Control methods Arthropoda; Lucilia sericata; Modelling; Myiasis; Sheep Arthropoda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; HUMIDITY; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MYIASIS; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP DISEASE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPTERA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FECES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYIASIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RAIN; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032523181     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00163-5     Document Type: Article

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