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The transmission and control of mastitis in dairy cows: A theoretical approach
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White, L. J., Lam, T. J. G. M. (Theo J. G. M.), Schukken, Y. H. (Ynte H.), 1959-, Green, Laura E., Medley, Graham and Chappell, M. J. (Michael J.) (2006) The transmission and control of mastitis in dairy cows: A theoretical approach. In: Meeting of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Warwick, England, 2003. Published in: Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Vol.74 (No.1). pp. 67-83.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.01.008
Abstract
A multispecies model that incorporates the transmission of both major and minor mastitis pathogens as well as the interaction between them via coinfection of a quarter is fitted to data from seven dairy herds. The results suggest that major and minor pathogens can interact, on occasion, in a counter-intuitive way with implications for the control of clinical mastitis. The key finding is that delaying culling of cows with major pathogen infections for more than 100 days post infection could result in a higher prevalence of major pathogen infections, whereas early culling would reduce the levels. A theoretical exploration of current and proposed control strategies is carried out, informed by parameters estimated from the model and data. The results at each stage suggest of areas of further research such as: field-testing of the hypotheses presented; the exploration of a stochastic formulation of the model; analysis of the raw repeated measures data; application of control theory to determine the most effective combination of control strategies; inclusion of economic factors into the modelling framework. (c) 2006 Published by Elsevier B.V.
| Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | S Agriculture > SF Animal culture |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Biological Sciences ( -2010) Faculty of Science > Engineering Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Preventive Veterinary Medicine |
| Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
| ISSN: | 0167-5877 |
| Date: | 17 April 2006 |
| Volume: | Vol.74 |
| Number: | No.1 |
| Number of Pages: | 17 |
| Page Range: | pp. 67-83 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.01.008 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Funder: | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Great Britain) (BBSRC) |
| Grant number: | E08527 |
| Conference Paper Type: | Paper |
| Title of Event: | Meeting of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine |
| Type of Event: | Other |
| Location of Event: | Warwick, England |
| Date(s) of Event: | 2003 |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/33576 |
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