Quantifying the risk from ovine BSE and the impact of control strategies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1617, 2007, Pages 1497-1503

  Fryer, Helen R ^a   Baylis, Matthew ^b,d   Sivam, Kumar ^c   McLean, Angela R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Epidemiology; Mathematical model; Ovine; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH RISK; INCUBATION; INFECTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SHEEP;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CARCASS; CONSUMER; COW; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BOVINAE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34447317506     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0353     Document Type: Article

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