Towards assessing fine-scale indicators for the spatial transmission risk of Fasciola hepatica in cattle

Geospatial Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-245

  Charlier, Johannes ^a   Bennema, Sita Carolien ^a   Caron, Yannick ^b   Counotte, Michel ^a   Ducheyne, Els ^c   Hendrickx, Guy ^c   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c AVIA GIS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Cattle; Epidemiology; Fasciola hepatica; Fasciolosis; Galba truncatula; Geographical information system

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052051290     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2011.176     Document Type: Article

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