The application of risk and disease modelling to emerging freshwater diseases in wild aquatic animals

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 658-675

  Thrush, Mark A ^a   Murray, Alexander G ^b   Brun, Edgar ^c   Wallace, Stuart ^b   Peeler, Edmund J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Disease modelling; Emerging disease; Epidemiology; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GYRODACTYLUS SALARIS;

EID: 79952207424     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02549.x     Document Type: Article

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