Forecasting blowfly strike in Queensland sheep flocks

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 309-317

  Ward, Michael P ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Blowfly strike; Climate; Lucilia cuprina; Sheep arthropoda; Southern oscillation index; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AGRICULTURE; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; EVAPORATION; FORECASTING; INSECT CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARASITE INCIDENCE; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; DIPTERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0034693468     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00283-1     Document Type: Article

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