New insights into the application of geographical information systems and remote sensing in veterinary parasitology

Rinaldi, Laura and Musella, Vincenzo and Biggeri, Annibale and Cringoli, Giuseppe (2006) New insights into the application of geographical information systems and remote sensing in veterinary parasitology. Geospatial health , 1 (1). pp. 33-47. ISSN 1970-7096

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Abstract

Over the past 10-15 years, significant advances have been made in the development and application of geographical information systems (GIS) and remote sensing (RS). In veterinary sciences, particularly in veterinary parasitology, GIS and RS offer powerful means for disease mapping, ecological analysis and epidemiological surveillance and have become indispensable tools for processing, analysing and visualising spatial data. They can also significantly assist with the assessment of the distribution of health-relevant environmental factors via interpolation and modelling. In this review, we first summarize general aspects of GIS and RS, and emphasize the most important applications of these tools in veterinary parasitology, including recent advances in territorial sampling. Disease mapping, spatial statistics, including Bayesian inference, ecological analyses and epidemiological surveillance are summarized in the next section and illustrated with a set of figures. Finally, a set of conclusions is put forward.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Geographical information systems, remote sensing, disease mapping, spatial statistics, veterinary parasitology
Subjects: 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 630 Agricoltura e tecnologie connesse > 636 Allevamento di animali > 636.089 Scienze veterinarie, Medicina veterinaria
900 Storia, Geografia e discipline ausiliarie > 910 Geografia e viaggi > 910.285 Geographic information systems
Depositing User: biblioteca 7
Date Deposited: 15 Jun 2010 12:53
Last Modified: 15 Jun 2010 12:53
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/2768

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