Design and analysis of an Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae transmission experiment

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-68

  Velthuis, A G J ^a   De Jong, M C M ^a   Kamp, E M ^a   Stockhofe, N ^a   Verheijden, J H M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; Estimation method; Infectivity; Quantification; R0: Transmission; Susceptibility; Transmission experiment

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0042233562     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(03)00082-5     Document Type: Article

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