Predicting the effect of vaccination on the transmission dynamics of heartwater (Cowdria ruminantium infection)

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-38

  O'Callaghan, C J ^a   Medley, G F ^a   Peter, T F ^b   Mahan, S M ^b   Perry, B D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Veterinary Research Laboratory Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cowdria ruminantium; Endemic stability; Heartwater; Modelling; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEARTWATER DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VACCINATION; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEARTWATER DISEASE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VACCINATION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033619184     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(99)00065-3     Document Type: Article

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