A deterministic and stochastic simulation model for intra-herd paratuberculosis transmission

Veterinary Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-68

  Pouillot, Régis ^a   Dufour, Barbara ^a   Durand, Benoît ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Deterministic model; Paratuberculosis; Sensitivity analysis; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CALCULATION; CATTLE DISEASE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FRANCE; HERD; MEDICAL EXPERT; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 1642306478     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2003046     Document Type: Article

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