Mass vaccination, immunity and coverage: modelling population protection against foot-and-mouth disease in Turkish cattle

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Turkey is controlled using biannual mass vaccination of cattle. However, vaccine protection is undermined by population turnover and declining immunity. A dynamic model of the Turkish cattle population was created. Assuming biannual mass vaccination with a single-dose...

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Main Authors: Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Gubbins, S., Bulut, A.N., Stärk, K.D.C., Pfeiffer, Dirk U., Sumption, Keith J., Paton, D.J.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Springer 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72411

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