Hierarchical and spatial analyses of pneumonia-lesion prevalence at slaughter in New Zealand lambs

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-155

  Goodwin Ray, K A ^a   Stevenson, M ^a   Heuer, C ^a   Pinchbeck, G ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case flocks; Intracluster correlations; Lambs; Moderate to severe pneumonia; Two level mixed effects binomial logistic regression

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD CONTROL; HOSPITALIZATION; MEAT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD INSPECTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEAT; NEW ZEALAND; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 37449003641     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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