Evaluation of post-farm-gate passive surveillance in swine for the detection of foot and mouth disease in Australia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 171-186

  Hernandez Jover M ^a   Cogger, N ^b   Martin, P A J ^c   Schembri, N ^a   Holyoake, P K ^a,d   Toribio, J A L M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foot and mouth disease; Post farm gate passive surveillance; Scenario tree modelling; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 79957952146     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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