Evaluation of surveillance strategies for bovine brucellosis in Japan using a simulation model

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 57-74

  Yamamoto, Takehisa ^a   Tsutsui, Toshiyuki ^a   Nishiguchi, Akiko ^a   Kobayashi, Sota ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine brucellosis; Brucella abortus; Individual based model; Stochastic simulation; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; JAPAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; MILK; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

BOS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 45549093682     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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