Andersson Franko, Mikael
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2000Peer reviewed
Herd-based monitoring for tuberculosis in extensive Swedish deer herds by culling and meat inspection rather than by intradermal tuberculin testing
Wahlström, Helene; Carpenter, Tim; Giesecke, Johan; Andersson, Mikael; Englund, Lena; Vågsholm, Ivar
Abstract
The effect of random slaughter and meat inspection as a tool to detect or eradicate tuberculosis in large, extensive deer herds in Sweden was evaluated. A computer spreadsheet model based on the Reed–Frost method was developed. Numbers of new infections and of infected deer slaughtered as well as probability of detecting tuberculosis or slaughtering all infected deer in a herd, were simulated. The model predicted that, given a 20% annual slaughter and that disease was introduced with one infected deer, the infection would be detected or eliminated in most herds (90%) after 15 years
Keywords
Deer; Mycobacterium bovis; Tuberculosis; Modelling; Transmission; Zoonoses; Meat inspection
Published in
Preventive Veterinary Medicine
2000, Volume: 43, number: 2, pages: 103-116
Vågsholm, Ivar
- Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Veterinary Science
Animal and Dairy Science
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/31151