A modelling framework to describe the spread of scrapie between sheep flocks in Great Britain

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 143-155

  Gubbins, Simon ^a,b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demography; Disease control; Scrapie; Sheep; Stochastic model; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 14144254484     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.08.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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