Spatial distribution of Escherichia coli O157-positive farms in Scotland

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 45-56

  Toft, Nils ^a   Innocent, Giles T ^b   McKendrick, Iain J ^d   Ternent, Helen E ^b   Mellor, Dominic J ^b   Gunn, George J ^e   Synge, Barti ^e   Reid, Stuart W J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e SAC Veterinary Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical models; Disease mapping; Relative risk; Standardized morbidity ratio (SMR)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DEMOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; PREVALENCE; RISK; SCOTLAND;

BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 23944469317     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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