Economic evaluation of the surveillance and intervention programme for bluetongue virus serotype 8 in Switzerland

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 93-111

  Hasler B ^a   Howe, K S ^b   Di Labio, E ^c   Schwermer, H ^c   Stark K D C ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus serotype 8; Economic evaluation; Intervention; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND; TIME; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SHEEP; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; BOVIDAE;

EID: 84655164325     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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