Survival analysis of clinical mastitis data using a nested frailty Cox model fit as a mixed-effects Poisson model

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 456-468

  Elghafghuf, Adel ^a,b   Dufour, Simon ^c   Reyher, Kristen ^d   Dohoo, Ian ^a   Stryhn, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b Misurata University   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical mastitis; Mixed effects Poisson model; Nested frailty Cox models; Poisson maximum likelihood; Simulation study

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CANADA; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MICROBIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84912116052     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.09.013     Document Type: Article

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