Assessing the effect of interventions on the risk of cattle and sheep carrying Escherichia coli O157:H7 to the abattoir using a stochastic model

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-45

  Stacey, K F ^a   Parsons, D J ^a   Christiansen, K H ^b   Burton, C H ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Cattle; E. coli O157:H7; Escherichia coli; Monte Carlo; Risk; Sheep; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33847264350     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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