Use of a multi-criteria analysis framework to inform the design of risk based general surveillance systems for animal disease in Australia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 230-247

  East, I J ^a   Wicks, R M ^a   Martin, P A J ^b   Sergeant, E S G ^c   Randall, L A ^d   Garner, M G ^a  

^a Animal Health Science Unit   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c AUSVET ANIMAL HEALTH SERVICES   (Australia)

^d Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics and Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal disease; General surveillance; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GENERAL SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH SURVEY; LIVESTOCK; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL DISEASE; GENERAL SURVEILLANCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIVESTOCK; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84886786824     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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