Identifying associations between pig pathologies using a multi-dimensional machine learning methodology

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

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

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCARIS SUUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS PARASUIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BAYES THEOREM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84865566736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-151     Document Type: Article

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