Assessing the effectiveness of environmental sampling for surveillance of foot-and-mouth disease virus in a cattle herd.

ABSTRACT: The survival of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) in the environment provides an opportunity for indirect transmission, both within and between farms. However it also presents the possibility of surveillance and detection via environmental sampling. This study assesses the effectiveness of environmental sampling strategies in the event of an outbreak, using a previous model for transmission of FMDV in a cattle herd that had been parameterized using data from transmission experiments and outbreaks. We show that environmental sampling can be an effective means of detecting FMDV in a herd, but it requires multiple samples to be taken on multiple occasions. In addition, environmental sampling can potentially detect FMDV in a herd more quickly than clinical inspection. For example, tak

SUBMITTER: Ellis J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10040685 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature