Bovine tuberculosis in brushtail possums: Models, dogma and data

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-34

  Caley, Peter ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiological modelling; Mathematical modelling; Model selection; Mycobacterium bovis; Simulation; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MARSUPIAL; NUMERICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

BOS TAURUS; PHALANGERIDAE;

EID: 33746905461     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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