Evaluation of control measures for bovine viral diarrhea implemented in Nemuro District, Hokkaido, Japan, using a scenario tree model

ISODA, Norikazu; ASANO, Akihiro; ICHIJO, Michiru; WAKAMORI, Shiho; OHNO, Hiroshi; SATO, Kazuhiko; OKAMOTO, Hirokazu; NAKAO, Shigeru; KATO, Hajime; SAITO, Kazuma; ITO, Naoki; USUI, Akira; TAKAYAMA, Hiroaki; SAKODA, Yoshihiro

A basic animal and epidemiological dataset was kindly provided by the Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives in Nemuro, the Hokkaido Nemuro Livestock Hygiene Service Center, and the Betsukai town office. Epidemiological, immunological, and virological data, as well as information relating to the efficacies of vaccination in cattle and sensitivities of diagnosis tests were sourced from peer-reviewed scientific papers. Some of the epidemiological parameters used in the present assessment were kindly advised by a total of 15 specialists of the Eastern Hokkaido Agricultural Mutual Aid Association and Hokkaido Nemuro Livestock Hygiene Service Center, since there were no data available from the literature. All of the data used in the present scenario tree model were shown in Table 1 .