Blueprint for an automated specific decision support system for countering anthelmintic resistance in Haemonchus spp. at farm level

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 212-223

  Van Wyk, J A ^a   Reynecke, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Automated decision support; Gastrointestinal nematode; Haemonchus spp.; Worm management model

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN; MOXIDECTIN; RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HAEMONCHOSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; WORM EXPULSION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; MALE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SOFTWARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; HAEMONCHUS;

EID: 79954583919     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.10.025     Document Type: Article

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