Within-farm spread of classical swine fever virus – a blueprint for a stochastic simulation model

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-43

  Stark K D C ^a   Pfeiffer, D U ^a   Morris, R S ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Hog cholera; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENICITY; PESTIVIRUS; STATISTICS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SWINE;

EID: 0033629679     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2000.9695021     Document Type: Article

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