A Bayesian zero-truncated approach for analysing capture-recapture count data from classical scrapie surveillance in France

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 127-135

  Vergne, Timothée ^a,b   Calavas, Didier ^c   Cazeau, Géraldine ^c   Durand, Benoît ^a   Dufour, Barbara ^d   Grosbois, Vladimir ^b  

^a ANSES   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c ANSES Lyon   (France)

^d Alfort National Veterinary School (ENVA)   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Capture recapture; Epidemiology; Scrapie; Surveillance; Zero truncated

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; FRANCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84860236050     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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