Estimating potential epidemic size following introduction of a long-incubation disease in scale-free connected networks of milking-cow movements in Ontario, Canada

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 102-111

  Dube C ^a,b   Ribble, C ^c   Kelton, D ^a   McNab, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bow tie analysis; Epidemic size; Livestock movements; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CANADA; CATTLE; DAIRYING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; ONTARIO; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79953281431     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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