The Impact of Movements and Animal Density on Continental Scale Cattle Disease Outbreaks in the United States

Michael G. Buhnerkempe; Michael J. Tildesley; Tom Lindström; Daniel A. Grear; Katie Portacci; Ryan S. Miller; Jason E. Lombard; Marleen Werkman; Matt J. Keeling; Uno Wennergren; Colleen T. Webb

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091724

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The Impact of Movements and Animal Density on Continental Scale Cattle Disease Outbreaks in the United States

Michael G. Buhnerkempe ,

* E-mail: michael.buhnerkempe@gmail.com

Current address: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America; Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Michael J. Tildesley,

Affiliation Center for Complexity Science, Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Tom Lindström,

Affiliation Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Daniel A. Grear,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Katie Portacci,

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Ryan S. Miller,

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Jason E. Lombard,

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Marleen Werkman,

Affiliation Center for Complexity Science, Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Matt J. Keeling,

Affiliation Center for Complexity Science, Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Uno Wennergren,

Affiliation Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Colleen T. Webb

Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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The Impact of Movements and Animal Density on Continental Scale Cattle Disease Outbreaks in the United States

Michael G. Buhnerkempe,
Michael J. Tildesley,
Tom Lindström,
Daniel A. Grear,
Katie Portacci,
Ryan S. Miller,
Jason E. Lombard,
Marleen Werkman,
Matt J. Keeling,
Uno Wennergren

Published: March 26, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091724

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