Diagnostic sampling strategies for virulent ovine footrot: Simulating detection of Dichelobacter nodosus serogroups for bivalent vaccine formulation

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 127-136

  Hill, Ashley E ^a   Dhungyel, Om P ^b   Whittington, Richard J ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dichelobacter nodosus; Footrot; Monte Carlo simulation; Sampling; Sheep microbiological diseases; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FEMALE; FOOT ROT; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATHOGENICITY; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; FEMALE; FOOT ROT; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77951095070     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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