Establishing a cost-effective national surveillance system for Bluetongue using scenario tree modelling

Veterinary Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Hadorn, Daniela C ^a   Racloz, Vanessa ^a,b   Schwermer, Heinzpeter ^a   Stärk, Katharina D C ^a,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Cost effective; National surveillance system; Scenario tree modelling; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SWITZERLAND; ANIMAL; BLUETONGUE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREE; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; BOS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 70349558331     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres/2009040     Document Type: Article

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