Quantification of the transmission of classical swine fever virus between herds during the 1997-1998 epidemic in The Netherlands

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 219-234

  Stegeman, Arjan ^a   Elbers, Armin R W ^b   Smak, Jan ^c   De Jong, Mart C M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Animal Health Service Boxtel   (Netherlands)

^c Ministry of Agriculture Nature and Food quality Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Between herds; Classical swine fever; Epidemic; Measures; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PATHOGENICITY; PESTIVIRUS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS; PESTIVIRUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033373280     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(99)00077-X     Document Type: Article

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