Mapping risk foci for endemic sheep scab

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 112-118

  Rose, H ^a   Learmount, J ^b   Taylor, M ^b   Wall, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease; Eradication; Maxent; Model; Psoroptes ovis; Psoroptic mange

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EUROPEAN UNION; INFECTION RISK; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEA LEVEL; SHEEP DISEASE; SHEEP FARMING; TEMPERATURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; MITE INFESTATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PSOROPTIDAE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ACARI; OVIS ARIES; PSOROPTES OVIS;

EID: 70349544066     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.06.037     Document Type: Article

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