Predictive spatial modelling of alternative control strategies for the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in Great Britain, 2001

Veterinary Record

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 137-144

  Morris, R S ^a   Wilesmith, J W ^b,d   Stern, M W ^a   Sanson, R L ^c   Stevenson, M A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c AgriQuality Limited   (New Zealand)

^d Dept Bacteriol Vet Labs Agy W   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIC; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; FORECASTING; GOAT; SHEEP; SWINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; FORECASTING; GOATS; GREAT BRITAIN; SHEEP; SWINE;

EID: 0035806792     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.149.5.137     Document Type: Article

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