Cost-effectiveness of farm interventions for reducing the prevalence of VTEC O157 on UK dairy farms

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1905-1919

  Lyons, N A ^a   Smith, R P ^b   Rushton, J ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness study; Escherichia coli (E. coli); zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HERD; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; POLICY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD INDUSTRY; GREAT BRITAIN; INFECTION CONTROL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84881423839     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812002403     Document Type: Article

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