Risk-based design of repeated surveys for the documentation of freedom from non-highly contagious diseases

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-192

  Hadorn, Daniela C ^a   Rüfenacht, Jürg ^a   Hauser, Ruth ^a   Stärk, Katharina D C ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brucella melitensis; EBL; Freedom from disease; Risk based design; Sample size; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; ENZOOTIC BOVINE LEUKOSIS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HEALTH SURVEYS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037203072     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(02)00193-9     Document Type: Article

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