Haemonchus contortus: Spatial risk distribution for infection in sheep in Europe

Geospatial Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 325-331

  Rinaldi, Laura ^a,b   Catelan, Dolores ^c   Musella, Vincenzo ^d   Cecconi, Lorenzo ^c   Hertzberg, Hubertus ^e   Torgerson, Paul R ^e   Mavrot, Fabien ^e   de Waal, Theo ^f   Selemetas, Nikolaos ^f   Coll, Tom ^g   Bosco, Antonio ^a,b   Biggeri, Annibale ^c   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Regione Campania   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^g TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Europe; Gastrointestinal strongyles; Geographical information systems; Haemonchus contortus; Sheep; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FECES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HAEMONCHOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FECES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAEMONCHIASIS; PREVALENCE; RAIN; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84925953108     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2015.355     Document Type: Article

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