InterSpread Plus: A spatial and stochastic simulation model of disease in animal populations

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 10-24

  Stevenson, M A ^a   Sanson, R L ^b   Stern, M W ^a   O'Leary, B D ^a   Sujau, M ^a   Moles Benfell, N ^a   Morris, R S ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b ASUREQUALITY LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animal populations; Disease control; Disease spread; Epidemiology; Simulation models

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84874263673     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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