How the surveillance system may bias the results of analytical epidemiological studies on BSE: Prevalence among dairy versus beef suckler cattle breeds in France

Veterinary Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-192

  Ducrot, Christian ^a   Roy, Pascal ^b   Morignat, Eric ^c   Baron, Thierry ^c   Calavas, Didier ^c  

^a EPIA   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^c Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Bias; Breed; BSE; Epidemiology; Logistic regression

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BREED DIFFERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FRANCE; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0037359797     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2002065     Document Type: Article

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