A stochastic model simulating paratuberculosis in a dairy herd

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-117

  Kudahl, Anne Braad ^a   Østergaard, Søren ^a   Sørensen, Jan Tind ^a   Nielsen, Søren Saxmose ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Control strategies; Dairy herd; Paratuberculosis; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33846255086     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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