Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Veterinary Sciences Centre, UCD School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Ir Vet J. 2009 Mar 1;62(3):192-7. doi: 10.1186/2046-0481-62-3-192.
This study used techniques in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to explore the spatial patterns of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in the whole island of Ireland over an 11-year period. This is the first time that data pertaining to TB from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland have been collated and examined in an all-Ireland context. The analyses were based on 198, 156 point locations representing active farms with cattle in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland between the years 1996 and 2006. The results consist of a series of maps giving a visual representation of cattle populations and associated detected bTB levels on the island of Ireland over this time interval.
本研究运用地理信息系统（GIS）技术，在 11 年间探索了整个爱尔兰岛的牛结核病（TB）的空间模式。这是首次在全爱尔兰范围内整理和检查与爱尔兰共和国和北爱尔兰的 TB 数据。分析基于 1996 年至 2006 年间北爱尔兰和爱尔兰共和国的 198156 个表示有牛的活跃农场的点位置。结果包括一系列地图，直观地展示了这段时间内爱尔兰岛上的牛群及其相关的检测到的 bTB 水平。
