Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2000
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, IvarAbstract
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 yearsKeywords
Deer; Mycobacterium bovis; Tuberculosis; Modelling; Transmission; Zoonoses; Meat inspectionPublished in
Preventive Veterinary Medicine2000, volume: 43, number: 2, pages: 103-116
Authors' information
Andersson, Mikael (Andersson, Mikael)
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Economics
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health
Carpenter, Tim
Wahlström, Helene
Giesecke, Johan
Englund, Lena
UKÄ Subject classification
Veterinary Science
Animal and Dairy Science
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/31151