Equine West Nile virus disease occurrence and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-212

  Ward, Michael P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equine; GIS; NDVI; Spatial; Texas; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TEXAS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EQUIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 58149512095     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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