Assessing the potential spread and maintenance of foot-and-mouth disease virus infection in wild ungulates: General principles and application to a specific scenario in Thrace

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 165-174

  Dhollander, S ^a   Belsham, G J ^b   Lange, M ^c   Willgert, K ^a   Alexandrov, T ^d   Chondrokouki, E ^e   Depner, K ^f   Khomenko, S ^d   Ozyoruk F ^g   Salman, M ^h   Thulke, H H ^c   Botner A ^b  

^a EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^e Foot and Mouth Disease Institute   (Greece)

^f FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^g Foot and Mouth Disease Institute   (Turkey)

^h Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiological model; Foot and mouth disease; Systematic literature review; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BULGARIA; DEER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PIG; POPULATION DENSITY; TURKEY; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BULGARIA; DEER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; POPULATION DENSITY; SUS SCROFA; TURKEY;

EID: 84959463348     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12240     Document Type: Article

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