The effect of genetic susceptibility and targeting of sampling on the sensitivity of the surveillance system and certainty-of-freedom for classical scrapie in Finland in 2008-2014.

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We applied scenario tree modeling to study how the genetic distribution of the sheep population in Finland and the focusing on fallen stock would influence the surveillance sensitivity of scrapie. To incorporate the unevenly distributed susceptibility into the estimation we used data from GB where the genetic distribution and scrapie occurrence have been documented in both normally slaughtered and deceased...

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