Predictions for the timing and use of culling or vaccination during a foot-and-mouth disease epidemic

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-36

  Hutber, A M ^a   Kitching, R P ^b   Pilipcinec, E ^c  

^a EpiVet Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Culling; Foot and mouth disease; Predictive modelling; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VACCINE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HERD IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP DISEASE; SWINE DISEASE; VACCINATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33644658932     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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