Epidemiological modelling of chlamydial abortion in sheep flocks

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 128-133

  Milne, Catherine E ^a   Gunn, George J ^a   Entrican, Gary ^b   Longbottom, David ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydophila abortus; Disease transmission; EAE; Epidemiological model; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZOOTIC ABORTION OF EWES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FETUS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 61749093203     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.032     Document Type: Article

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