Spatiotemporal patterns, annual baseline and movement-related incidence of Streptococcus agalactiae infection in Danish dairy herds: 2000-2009

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 219-230

  Mweu, Marshal M ^a   Nielsen, Søren S ^a   Halasa, Tariq ^b   Toft, Nils ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Cattle; Incidence; Spatiotemporal; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSECURITY; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAIRYING; DENMARK; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SPATIOTEMPORAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BIOSECURITY; CATTLE; INCIDENCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAIRYING; DENMARK; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84891330855     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.10.020     Document Type: Article

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