Regional distribution of bovine Neospora caninum infection in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate modelled by Logistic regression

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1631-1640

  Schares, G ^a   Barwald A ^a   Staubach, C ^a   Ziller, M ^a   Kloss D ^a   Wurm, R ^b   Rauser, M ^c   Labohm, R ^c   Drager K ^c   Fasen, W ^d   Hess, R G ^c   Conraths, F J ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Staatliches V   (Germany)

^c Landesunters amt Rheinland Pfalz   (Germany)

^d Landeskontrollverband Rheinland P   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bovine abortion; Climate; Dog density; Logistic regression; Neospora caninum; Predictive model; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMANY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; RHINELAND-PALATINATE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 10744231481     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00266-2     Document Type: Article

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