A scenario tree model for the Canadian Notifiable Avian Influenza Surveillance System and its application to estimation of probability of freedom and sample size determination

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 161-175

  Christensen, Jette ^a   Stryhn, Henrik ^b   Vallières, André ^a   Allaki, Farouk El ^a  

^a CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Freedom from disease; Output based; Poultry; Sample size; Scenario tree; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CANADA; CHICKEN; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CANADA; CHICKENS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURKEYS;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 79953302377     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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