Bovine tuberculosis: Within-herd transmission models to support and direct the decision-making process

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 97, Issue S, 2014, Pages S61-S68

  Álvarez, Julio ^a   Bezos, Javier ^b   de la Cruz, Maria Luisa ^b   Casal, Carmen ^b   Romero, Beatriz ^b   Domínguez, Lucas ^b   de Juan, Lucía ^b   Pérez, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Diagnosis; Eradication; Modeling; Within herd transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CALCULATION; DENSITY DEPENDENT MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT MODEL; HERD; INFECTION RATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PEER REVIEW; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84922537969     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2014.04.009     Document Type: Article

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