Model could aid emergency response planning for foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks

Infectious animal diseases are an ever-present threat to intensive livestock production. We analyzed control technology for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in a livestock-intensive region of the Central Valley, using a previously developed, numerical, optimal disease-control model. We found that the al...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: M Kobayashi, R Howitt, T Carpenter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 2009-07-01
Series:California Agriculture
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.v063n03p137