Cost-effectiveness of farm interventions for reducing the prevalence of VTEC O157 on UK dairy farms

A randomized control trial on verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC)-infected farms found evidence that: (1) keeping animals in the same group; (2) maintaining dry bedding; (3) preventing direct contact with neighbouring cattle; and (4) maintaining a closed herd, were associated with a reduced ri...

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Published in:Epidemiology and infection 2013-09, Vol.141 (9), p.1905-1919
Main Authors: LYONS, N. A., SMITH, R. P., RUSHTON, J.
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Animals
Animals, Domestic - microbiology
Bedding
Cattle
Compliance
Cost analysis
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Dairy farms
Dairy Products
Disease
Epidemics
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Infections - economics
Escherichia coli Infections - prevention & control
Escherichia coli Infections - veterinary
Escherichia coli O157 - isolation & purification
Food contamination & poisoning
Food Industry
Gastrointestinal
Infection Control - economics
Infection Control - methods
Infections
Intervention
Monte Carlo simulation
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United Kingdom
Zoonoses
Zoonoses - microbiology
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Bedding
Cattle
Compliance
Cost analysis
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Dairy farms
Dairy Products
Disease
Epidemics
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Infections - economics
Escherichia coli Infections - prevention & control
Escherichia coli Infections - veterinary
Escherichia coli O157 - isolation & purification
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Food Industry
Gastrointestinal
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Infection Control - methods
Infections
Intervention
Monte Carlo simulation
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United Kingdom
Zoonoses
Zoonoses - microbiology
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