GIS and spatial analysis in veterinary science /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2004.
• Subjects: Geographic information systems.; Veterinary epidemiology > Data processing.; Spatial analysis (Statistics); Information and Documentation.; Animal Health and Hygiene (General); Pathogens, Parasites and Infectious Diseases (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Animal diseases.; Books.; Disease transmission.; Epidemiology.; Geographical information systems.; Parasitoses.; Pets.; Remote sensing.; Reviews.; Statistics.; Veterinary science.; Wild animals.; Wildlife management.; Electronic books.
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This book is the first to review the subject of geographical information systems (including remote sensing) and spatial analysis as applied to veterinary science. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 sets the scene with two chapters that introduce basic concepts and principles and offer some...

Table of Contents:

• The Tools of Spatial Epidemiology : GIS, Spatial Analysis and Remote Sensing / Peter A. Durr and Anthony C. Gatrell
• Spatial Epidemiology and Animal Disease : Introduction and Overview / Peter A. Durr
• Geographical Information Science and Spatial Analysis in Human Health : Parallels and Issues for Animal Health Research / Anthony C. Gatrell
• Spatial Statistics in the Biomedical Sciences : Future Directions / Peter J. Diggle
• Geographical Information Science and Spatial Analysis in Animal Health / Dirk U. Pfeiffer
• The Use of GIS in Veterinary Parasitology / Guy Hendrickx, Jan Biesemans and Reginald de Deken
• The Use of GIS in Modelling the Spatial and Temporal Spread of Animal Diseases / Nigel P. French and Piran C.L. White
• The Use of GIS in Companion Animal Epidemiology / Dominic Mellor, Giles Innocent and Stuart Reid
• The Use of GIS in Epidemic Disease Response / Robert L. Sanson
• The Use of GIS in the Management of Wildlife Diseases / Joanna S. McKenzie
• Resources Guide : Software, Data and GisVet Web / Peter A. Durr, Nigel Tait and Christoph Staubach.