Transmission dynamics and epidemiology of BSE in British cattle.
A comprehensive analysis of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic in cattle in Great Britain assesses past, present and future patterns in the incidence of infection and disease, and allows a critical appraisal of different culling policies for eradication of the disease.
Anderson
R M
RM
Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK.
Donnelly
C A
CA
Ferguson
N M
NM
Woolhouse
M E
ME
Watt
C J
CJ
Udy
H J
HJ
MaWhinney
S
S
Dunstan
S P
SP
Southwood
T R
TR
Wilesmith
J W
JW
Ryan
J B
JB
Hoinville
L J
LJ
Hillerton
J E
JE
Austin
A R
AR
Wells
G A
GA
D000367:Age Factors; D000821:Animal Feed; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D016643:Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D005544:Forecasting; D015994:Incidence; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D015233:Models, Statistical; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology