A simulated surveillance program for bovine paratuberculosis in dairy herds in Norway

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 141-151

  Paisley, Larry G ^a   Tharaldsen, Jorun ^a   Jarp, Jorun ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

ELISA; Monte Carlo simulation; Mycobacterium paratuberculosis; Paratuberculosis; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORWAY; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORWAY; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034725098     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(00)00109-4     Document Type: Article

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