Simulating the BSE epidemic and multiplication factor in dairy herds in Japan

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 61-71

  Sugiura, Katsuaki ^a   Murray, Noel ^b   Tsutsui, Toshiyuki ^c   Kasuga, Fumiko ^d  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS INSPECTION CENTER   (Japan)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Feed ban; Japan; Multiplication factor; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAIRYING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; JAPAN;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAIRYING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; JAPAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

BOS; BOVIDAE; BOVINAE;

EID: 39149116008     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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