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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Cattle movements"”.
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Papers published in 1972-1985 submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Science
… the very practical (such as the description of cattle movements or Polynesian populations using Markov chain models).
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Combining field experiments, modeling, and analytics for integrated crop-livestock system management
… a vast potential nutrition source for beef cattle producers, particularly when farms are specialized in continuous corn operations. Allowing cattle to graze corn residues after harvest has been suggested as a simple and economical approach to integrating cattle and corn operations. While …
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A Hybrid Modeling Approach to Assess the Efficacy of Control Measures on Paratuberculosis on U.S. Dairy Farms
… million dollars due to the infection. Using the cattle movement data of six California dairy farms and Johne's disease transmission data, a mathematical model was developed to determine control policies that can minimize the likelihood of outbreaks and the incidence and prevalence of the …
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Spatial spread of farm animal diseases
Data on cattle movements within the United Kingdom have recently become available. As part of the conditions for lifting an export ban on British beef following the bovine spongiform encephalopathy epidemic, the European Union required that the UK should have "An effective animal identification and …
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The burden and control of bovine tuberculosis in endemic settings
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a major disease in cattle and also poses a public health risk due to transmission from animals to humans. The effectiveness of traditionally used strategies to control bTB, such as test-and-slaughter, varies considerably and the disease still persists in several places. …
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Understanding animal movements to inform bovine tuberculosis surveillance: a framework for a targeted approach
… arisen, characterized by sporadic outbreaks in cattle populations across the country and by spillover of the infection to wildlife. The cattle production system in the US continues to change, with the number of cattle farms declining but the number of cattle per farm increasing. Furthermore, …