Evaluation of Control and Surveillance Strategies for Classical Swine Fever
Based on the results of a simulation model, Swiss researchers found that pre-emptive culling and vaccination offered no advantages over baseline control strategies in controlling classical swine fever (CSF) in regions with low- or medium density of the pig population. They stressed that early detection of outbreaks is crucial and that risk-based surveillance should be focused on farms with weaners and fattening pigs.
10 October 2012
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