Statistical modelling of the spatial distribution of prevalence of Calicophoron daubneyi infection in sheep from central Italy

Parassitologia

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 157-163

  Biggeri, Annibale ^a   Catelan, D ^a,b   Rinaldi, L ^c   Dreassi, E ^a   Lagazio, C ^b   Cringoli, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calicophoron daubneyi; Geographical epidemiology; Spatial analysis; Statistical modelling

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CALICOPHORON; GASTROPODA; OVIS ARIES; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; TREMATODA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SNAIL; STOMACH DISEASE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE VECTORS; FECES; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARAMPHISTOMATIDAE; PREVALENCE; RUMEN; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SNAILS; STOMACH DISEASES; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 24944493353     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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