Simulating sterilization, vaccination, and test-and-remove as brucellosis control measures in bison

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2944-2959

  Ebinger, Mike ^a   Cross, Paul ^b   Wallen, Rick ^c   White, P J ^c   Treanor, John ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison; Brucella abortus; Brucellosis; Herd immunity; Sterilization; Superspreading; Vaccination; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNITY; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION GROWTH; STERILITY; TESTING METHOD; UNGULATE; VACCINATION;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; BISON; BOS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 84555219849     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-2239.1     Document Type: Article

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