The evaluation of bias in scrapie surveillance: A review

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-264

  Del Rio Vilas, Víctor J ^a   Pfeiffer, Dirk U ^b  

^a DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Representativeness; Scrapie; Sensitivity; Sheep; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TRAPPING; BOVIDS; CALCULATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; MARK RECAPTURE; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCRAPIE; SCREENING TEST; SIMULATION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; STATISTICAL BIAS; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY;

OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPEAN UNION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; GREAT BRITAIN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SCRAPIE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP;

EID: 77955272213     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.06.014     Document Type: Review

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