Decisions on control of foot-and-mouth disease informed using model predictions

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 194-202

  Halasa, T ^a   Willeberg, P ^b   Christiansen, L E ^a   Boklund, A ^a   AlKhamis, M ^b   Perez, A ^b   Enoe C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Decision tool; Foot and mouth disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL; DECISION TOOL; DENMARK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; LIVESTOCK; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME;

CONTROL; DECISION TOOL; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENMARK; EPIDEMICS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; LIVESTOCK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84886787783     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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