Salmonella serosurveillance: Different statistical methods to categorise pig herds based on serological data

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 59-66

  Cortinas Abrahantes J ^a   Bollaerts, K ^a   Aerts, M ^a   Ogunsanya, V ^a   Van der Stede, Y ^b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activity region finder; Pigs; Random forest regression; Risk herds; Salmonella; Semi parametric quantile regression

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BELGIUM; FEMALE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

EID: 63249135760     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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