Within-herd prevalence of Salmonella Dublin in endemically infected dairy herds
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Within-herd prevalence of Salmonella Dublin in endemically infected dairy herds. / Nielsen, Liza Rosenbaum.
In: Epidemiology and Infection, Vol. 141, No. 10, 2013, p. 2074-2082.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Within-herd prevalence of Salmonella Dublin in endemically infected dairy herds
AU - Nielsen, Liza Rosenbaum
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - SUMMARY In this study within-herd prevalence of Salmonella Dublin was investigated in three age groups (calves, young stock, adult cows) during five herd visits at 3-month intervals of 14 endemically infected dairy herds. A total of 10162 paired faecal cultures and antibody measurements were used to calculate the age and temporal dynamics of seroprevalence and prevalence of positive faecal cultures. Faecal culture-positive prevalence was generally low. It was highest (5·4%) in calves during December to February. Seroprevalence varied from 0% to 70% between herds, but was generally more stable in young stock and adult cows than in calves. Hierarchical mixed-model results showed that seroprevalence was associated with the bacteriological status in calves and cows, but not in young stock. These results can be used to develop and validate theoretical infection dynamics models and to design effective control programmes for Salmonella Dublin in dairy herds.
AB - SUMMARY In this study within-herd prevalence of Salmonella Dublin was investigated in three age groups (calves, young stock, adult cows) during five herd visits at 3-month intervals of 14 endemically infected dairy herds. A total of 10162 paired faecal cultures and antibody measurements were used to calculate the age and temporal dynamics of seroprevalence and prevalence of positive faecal cultures. Faecal culture-positive prevalence was generally low. It was highest (5·4%) in calves during December to February. Seroprevalence varied from 0% to 70% between herds, but was generally more stable in young stock and adult cows than in calves. Hierarchical mixed-model results showed that seroprevalence was associated with the bacteriological status in calves and cows, but not in young stock. These results can be used to develop and validate theoretical infection dynamics models and to design effective control programmes for Salmonella Dublin in dairy herds.
U2 - 10.1017/S0950268812003007
DO - 10.1017/S0950268812003007
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23328264
VL - 141
SP - 2074
EP - 2082
JO - Epidemiology and Infection
JF - Epidemiology and Infection
SN - 0950-2688
IS - 10
ER -
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