Estimation of the transmission of foot-and-mouth disease virus from infected sheep to cattle

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作者
de Rueda, Carla Bravo [1 ,2 ]
de Jong, Mart C. M. [2 ]
Eble, Phaedra L. [1 ]
Dekker, Aldo [1 ]
机构
[1] Wageningen UR, Cent Vet Inst, NL-8200 AB Lelystad, Netherlands
[2] Wageningen Univ, Dept Quantitat Vet Epidemiol, NL-6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands
关键词
BETWEEN-PEN TRANSMISSION; BASIC REPRODUCTION RATIO; SWINE-FEVER VIRUS; EMERGENCY VACCINATION; SUBCLINICAL INFECTION; WITHIN-PEN; PIGS; QUANTIFICATION; EXCRETION; EPIDEMIC;
D O I
10.1186/1297-9716-45-58
中图分类号
S85 [动物医学(兽医学)];
学科分类号
0906 ;
摘要
The quantitative role of sheep in the transmission of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is not well known. To estimate the role of sheep in the transmission of FMDV, a direct contact transmission experiment with 10 groups of animals each consisting of 2 infected lambs and 1 contact calf was performed. Secretions and excretions (oral swabs, blood, urine, faeces and probang samples) from all animals were tested for the presence of FMDV by virus isolation (VI) and/or RT-PCR. Serum was tested for the presence of antibodies against FMDV. To estimate FMDV transmission, the VI, RT-PCR and serology results were used. The partial reproduction ratio R-0(p) i.e. the average number of new infections caused by one infected sheep introduced into a population of susceptible cattle, was estimated using either data of the whole infection chain of the experimental epidemics (the transient state method) or the final sizes of the experimental epidemics (the final size method). Using the transient state method, R-0(p) was estimated as 1.0 (95% CI 0.2 - 6.0) using virus isolation results and 1.4 (95% CI 0.3 - 8.0) using RT-PCR results. Using the final size method, R-0(p) was estimated as 0.9 (95% CI 0.2 -3.0). Finally, R-0(p) was compared to the R-0's obtained in previous transmission studies with sheep or cattle only. This comparison showed that the infectivity of sheep is lower than that of cattle and that sheep and cattle are similarly susceptible to FMD. These results indicate that in a mixed population of sheep and cattle, sheep play a more limited role in the transmission of FMDV than cattle.
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