Using seasonal-trend decomposition based on loess (STL) to explore temporal patterns of pneumonic lesions in finishing pigs slaughtered in England, 2005-2011

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 65-73

  Sanchez Vazquez, Manuel J ^a   Nielen, Mirjam ^b   Gunn, George J ^a   Lewis, Fraser I ^c  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Pig information systems; Pneumonia; Seasonal dynamics; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; MEAT; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; MEAT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84856771770     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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