SAMPLE COLLECTION IN A SVD SURVEILLANCE P ROGRAM - AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC VIEW

Authors
DEKKER A TERPSTRA C
Citation
A. Dekker et C. Terpstra, SAMPLE COLLECTION IN A SVD SURVEILLANCE P ROGRAM - AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC VIEW, Tijdschrift voor diergeneeskunde, 121(12), 1996, pp. 347-349
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Tijdschrift voor diergeneeskunde → ACNP
ISSN journal
00407453
Volume
121
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
347 - 349
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-7453(1996)121:12<347:SCIASS>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Periodic (4-monthly) surveillance of pig herds for antibodies against swine vesicular disease (SVD) is obligatory in the Netherlands since 1 993. Samples should be collected 'at random' in as many compartments a s possible, with a maximum of one pig per pen. This prerequisite for a sensitive surveillance will be elucidated using four examples of SVD outbreaks in the Netherlands.