Key result
The average time from first lesion to slaughter was significantly related to the rate of disease spread in two of three clusters, whereas culling of contiguous premises had no significant relationship.
Population
Geographically clustered infected premises and dangerous contact premises during the foot-and-mouth disease…
Design
Other
Authors
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Supports faster slaughter in FMD clusters; leaves open contiguous culling value and requires prospective validation.
Observational
Yes
Faster slaughter of infected animals and culling of non-contiguous premises were associated with a reduced rate of spread of foot-and-mouth disease in certain geographic clusters.
Honhold et al. (2004) conducted an observational in Foot-and-mouth disease. Speed of slaughter and intensity of culling was evaluated on Rate of spread of the disease. The average time from first lesion to slaughter was significantly related to the rate of disease spread in two of three clusters, whereas culling of contiguous premises had no significant relationship.
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