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Simulating the spatial dynamics of foot and mouth disease outbreaks in feral pigs and livestock in Queensland, Australia, using a susceptible-infected-recovered cellular automata model

Date

Authors

Doran, Ruth

Laffan, Shawn

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

We describe an approach to modelling the spatio-temporal spread of foot and mouth disease through feral animal and unfenced livestock populations. We used a susceptible-infected-recovered model, implemented in a cellular automata framework, to assess the

Keywords

Keywords: animal; animal disease; article; Australia; biological model; disease carrier; disease transmission; epidemic; foot and mouth disease; risk factor; season; sensitivity and specificity; statistical model; swine; swine disease; time; virology; wild animal; Cellular automata; Feral animals; Foot and mouth disease; Spatial modelling; Susceptible-infected-recovered models

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/84772

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.03.002

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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