GIS and spatial analysis in veterinary science.

Part 1: Introduction and Overview 1: The tools of spatial epidemiology: GIS, spatial analysis, and remote sensing, Peter A. Durr, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, UK, and Anthony C. Gatrell, Lancaster University, UK 2: Spatial epidemiology and animal disease: introduction and overview, Peter A. Durr, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, UK Part 2: The Wider Context 3: Geographical information science and spatial analysis in human health: parallels and issues for animal health research, Anthony C. Gatrell, Lancaster University, UK 4: Spatial statistics in the biomedical sciences: future directions, Peter J. Diggle, Lancaster University, UK Part 3: Applications 5: Geographical Information Science and spatial analysis in animal health, Dirk U. Pfeiffer, The Royal Veterinary College, UK 6: The use of GIS in veterinary parasitology, Guy Hendrickx, Jan Biesemans, Avia-GIS, Belgium, and Reginald de Deken, Institute for Tropical Medicine, Belgium 7: The use of GIS in modelling the spatial and temporal spread of animal diseases, Nigel P. French, University of Liverpool, UK, and Piran C.L. White, University of York, UK 8: The use of GIS in companion animal epidemiology, Dominic Mellor, Giles Innocent and Stuart Reid, University of Glasgow, UK 9: The use of GIS in epidemic disease response, Robert L. Sanson, AgriQuality, New Zealand 10: The use of GIS in the management of wildlife diseases, Joanna S. McKenzie, Massey University, New Zealand 11: Appendix: 12: Resources guide: software, data and GISVET-web, Peter A. Durr, Nigel Tait, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, UK, and Christoph Staubach, BFA, Germany