The development of linear regression models using environmental variables to explain the spatial distribution of Fasciola hepatica infection in dairy herds in England and Wales

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1021-1028

  McCann, Catherine M ^a   Baylis, Matthew ^a   Williams, Diana J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fasciola hepatica; GIS; Model; Postcode area; Rainfall; Spatial

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SOIL;

DAIRY FARMING; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GIS; LIVESTOCK; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HERD; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; PH; SOIL PROPERTY; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLIMATE; ENGLAND; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOIL; WALES;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA;

EID: 77953914303     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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