Key result
Pre-emptive culling of contiguous premises leads to fewer farms losing livestock, with optimal control depending on transmission distance, rate, and local demography.
Population
Farms and livestock affected by the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic
Design
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May reduce farm losses during livestock epidemics; leaves open optimal parameters across pathogens and settings.
Retrospective analysis and simulation modeling support the effectiveness of pre-emptive culling of contiguous premises in controlling the spread of foot-and-mouth disease.
Tildesley et al. (2009) studied Foot-and-mouth disease. Pre-emptive culling of contiguous premises was evaluated on Number of farms affected by disease. Pre-emptive culling of contiguous premises leads to fewer farms losing livestock, with optimal control depending on transmission distance, rate, and local demography.
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