Factors associated with spatial clustering of foot-and-mouth disease in Nepal

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1441-1449

  Chhetri, Bimal K ^a   Perez, Andres M ^a,b   Thurmond, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bayesian regression model; Foot and mouth disease; Nepal; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BUFFALO; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; NEPAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BUFFALOES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; NEPAL; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77956125046     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9573-7     Document Type: Article

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