Factors affecting Bluetongue serotype 8 spread in Northern Europe in 2006: The geographical epidemiology

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-158

  Faes, Christel ^a   van der Stede, Yves ^b   Guis, Hélène ^c   Staubach, Christoph ^d   Ducheyne, Els ^e   Hendrickx, Guy ^e   Mintiens, Koen ^f  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c UMR ASTRE   (France)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^e AVIA GIS   (Belgium)

^f Vose Consulting Belgium Bvba   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bluetongue disease; Cattle and sheep farms; Geographical; Infectious disease; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; TRANSPORTATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84876998163     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.11.026     Document Type: Article

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