Use of a Bayesian network model to identify factors associated with the presence of the tick Ornithodoros erraticus on pig farms in southern Portugal

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-53

  Wilson, Anthony J ^a   Ribeiro, Rita ^b   Boinas, Fernando ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

African swine fever virus; Bayesian network model; Borrelia species; Ornithodoros erraticus; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; METHODOLOGY; ORNITHODOROS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORNITHODOROS; PORTUGAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ARGASIDAE; BORRELIA; IXODIDA; ORNITHODOROS; ORNITHODOROS ERRATICUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84876730863     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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