A model of the relationship between the epidemiology of Johne's disease and the environment in suckler-beef herds

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 432-445

  Humphry, R W ^a   Stott, A W ^b   Adams, C ^c   Gunn, G J ^a  

^a SAC   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Veterinary Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Johne's; M.a.p.; Modelling; Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis; Paratuberculosis; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HERD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; SEASONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

EID: 33750054645     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2005.07.017     Document Type: Article

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