Estimating the incidence of fly myiases in Australian sheep flocks: Development of a weather-driven regression model

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-167

  Wardhaugh, K G ^a,b   Morton, R ^a   Bedo, D ^b   Horton, B J ^c   Mahon, R J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Department of Primary Industries and Water ^*  (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Blowflies; Flock management; Lucilia cuprina; Myiases; Pasture growth; Sheep; Weather

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLY; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INSECTICIDE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SHEEP; SIMULATION; WEATHER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; FLY; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEATHER;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DIPTERA; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYIASIS; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; WEATHER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; FLINDERS ISLAND; INVERELL; NEW SOUTH WALES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; LUCILIA CUPRINA; OVIS ARIES; WOHLFAHRTIA VIGIL;

EID: 34249898079     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2007.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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