Optimal surveillance strategies for bovine tuberculosis in a low-prevalence country

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  VanderWaal, Kimberly ^a   Enns, Eva A ^b   Picasso, Catalina ^a   Alvarez, Julio ^a   Perez, Andres ^a   Fernandez, Federico ^c   Gil, Andres ^d   Craft, Meggan ^a   Wells, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Ministry of Livestock Agriculture and Fisheries   (Uruguay)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BOVINE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 85021414549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04466-2     Document Type: Article

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