Evaluation of four modelling techniques to predict the potential distribution of ticks using indigenous cattle infestations as calibration data

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-176

  Zeman, Petr ^a   Lynen, Godelieve ^b  

^a Medical Laboratories   (Czech Republic)

^b Veterinary Investigation Centre Arusha   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

GIS; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Statistical prediction; Tanzanian indigenous cattle; Tick distribution maps; Weights of evidence

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CALIBRATION; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NDVI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; PARASITOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHIPICEPHALUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TANZANIA; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHIPICEPHALUS; TANZANIA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS;

EID: 33745728262     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-006-9001-x     Document Type: Article

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