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The role of pre-emptive culling in the control of foot-and-mouth disease

The 2001 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic was controlled by culling of infectious premises and pre-emptive culling intended to limit the spread of disease. Of the control strategies adopted, routine culling of farms that were contiguous to infected premises caused the most controversy. Here we perfor...

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Autores principales: Tildesley, Michael J., Bessell, Paul R., Keeling, Matt J., Woolhouse, Mark E. J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2817163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19570791
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0427