Evaluation of sampling methods for effective detection of infected pig farms during a disease outbreak.

Emergency surveillance following an outbreak of transboundary animal diseases such as classical swine fever (CSF), is conducted to find another new infection as early as possible. Although larger sample sizes can help achieve higher disease surveillance sensitivity, the sample size is limited by the...

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Main Authors: Yoshinori Murato, Yoko Hayama, Yumiko Shimizu, Kotaro Sawai, Takehisa Yamamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241177