Use of a Bayesian risk-mapping technique to estimate spatial risks for mare reproductive loss syndrome in Kentucky

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-20

  Thompson, James A ^a   Brown, Stuart E ^b   Riddle, W Thomas ^c   Seahorn, Janyce C ^d   Cohen, Noah D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAGYARD EQUINE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Rood Riddle Equine Hospital   (United States)

^d Equine Veterinary Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BREEDING; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HERD; HORSE DISEASE; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; KENTUCKY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 13444259689     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.17     Document Type: Article

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