Comparing the epidemiological and economic effects of control strategies against classical swine fever in Denmark

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 180-193

  Boklund, A ^a   Toft, N ^b   Alban, L ^c   Uttenthal, Å ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Danish Meat Association   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Classical swine fever; Control strategy; CSFV; Denmark; Economics; InterSpread; Pig density; Simulation

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENMARK; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PESTIVIRUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENMARK; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; SWINE; VIRAL VACCINES;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 67349145684     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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