The distribution of the pathogenic nematode Nematodirus battus in lambs is zero-inflated

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1225-1235

  Denwood, M J ^a   Stear, M J ^a   Matthews, L ^a   Reid, S W J ^a   Toft, N ^b   Innocent, G T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Danish Meat Association   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bayesian MCMC; Distribution; Faecal egg count; Nematodirus battus; Ovis aries; Zero inflated negative binomial

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE SULFOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; LAMB; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEMATODE; NEMATODIRUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCOTLAND; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODIRUS BATTUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 51349105419     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182008004708     Document Type: Article

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