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Maintenance of foot and mouth disease viruses in buffalo (Syncerus caffer Sparrman, 1779) in southern Africa.
Revue scientifique et technique (International Office of Epizootics) - 1 Dec 1992
Thomson G R, Vosloo W, Esterhuysen J J, Bengis R G
Abstract excerpt
Using age-related infection rates derived from serological data in available deterministic and specially developed stochastic simulation models, it has been possible to establish that the basic reproductive rates for South African Territory (SAT) type foot and mouth disease virus in buffalo (Syncerus caffer) are high. The models predict that there is a periodicity of infection within herds and possibly the...
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