1. The basic reproductive number estimated from a Mycoplasma conjunctivae outbreak in a dairy goat farm.
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Hsu, Pei-Chuan, Chao, Wei-Hsun, He, Xiao-Xuan, and Lai, Jyh-Mirn
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MYCOPLASMA diseases , *KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS , *GOAT diseases , *GOATS , *MAMMAL reproduction , *VETERINARY epidemiology , *PUBLIC health , *VETERINARY public health - Abstract
Clinicians can evaluate the relevance of an outbreak based on its basic reproductive number ( R 0 ). So far there has been no report on the R 0 of Mycoplasma conjunctivae which is a major cause of goats’ conjunctivitis in Taiwan. The present study sought to investigate an outbreak of infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IKC) by Mycoplasma conjunctivae (MC) in an indoor dairy goat barn. The epidemiological curve was recorded to build a susceptible-infected-recovered model and to estimate the R 0 by three methods In the investigated goat barn, 60% (31/55) goats showed degrees of IKC signs. The number of infected animals increased quickly after 15 days, but slowed down after 41 days. The sick goats began to recover after 30 days. The epidemic fully stopped after 81 days. The estimated R 0 ranged from 1.35 to 4.46. In summary, this is the first MC report in Taiwan, and the first one to estimate the R 0 of MC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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