Use of expert opinion for animal disease decisions: An example of foot-and-mouth disease status designation

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 20-30

  Garabed, R B ^a   Perez, A M ^b,c   Johnson, W O ^d   Thurmond, M C ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^d Ringgold Standard Institution Informatics   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Diagnostic test evaluation; Expert opinion; FMD; Linear regression; OIE

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERT WITNESS; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HEALTH;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349298342     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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