Using mortality data for early detection of Classical Swine Fever in The Netherlands

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-47

  Backer, J A ^a   Brouwer, H ^b   van Schaik, G ^b   van Roermund, H J W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classical Swine Fever; Early detection system; Stochastic simulation model; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STATISTICS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79952453577     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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