Simulation modeling to evaluate the persistence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) on commercial dairy farms in the United States

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 360-380

  Mitchell, R M ^a   Whitlock, R H ^b   Stehman, S M ^a   Benedictus, A ^c   Chapagain, P P ^a,d   Grohn, Y T ^a   Schukken, Y H ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calf to calf transmission; Mathematical model; Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis; Paratuberculosis; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FEMALE; MATHEMATICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NEWBORN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FECES; FEMALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 38849181606     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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