A stastistical system for detecting Salmonella outbreaks in British livestock

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 952-960

  Kosmider, R ^a   Kelly, L ^a,b   Evans, S ^a   Gettinby, G ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 33748364372     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806005887     Document Type: Article

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