A serial cross-sectional study of the prevalence of rabbit haemorrhagic disease on three farms in the lower North Island of New Zealand

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-153

  Henning, J ^a   Davies, P ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Oryctolagus cuniculus; Population density; Rabbit haemorrhagic disease; Serology; Seroprevalence; Wild rabbit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING DISORDER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARCASS; CATTLE DISEASE; CATTLE FARMING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE CARRIER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RABBIT; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS, RABBIT; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION DENSITY; RABBITS; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 17244378145     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2005.36493     Document Type: Article

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