Accounting for multiple modes of livestock disease dissemination in epidemiological models
remains a challenge. We developed and calibrated a mathematical model for transmission …

Introduction Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) affects multiple food-animal species and
spreads rapidly among ungulate populations, posing significant challenges for disease …

There is increasing public concern about the welfare of farmed animals, in part because
there is now an appreciation that all are sentient beings. Consumers are demanding …

Infectious diseases in livestock are well-known to infect multiple hosts and persist through a
combination of within-and between-host transmission pathways. Uncertainty remains about …

From social networks to biological networks, different types of interactions among the same
set of nodes characterize distinct layers, which are termed multilayer networks. Within a …

Contact structure among livestock populations influences the transmission of infectious
agents among them. Models simulating realistic contact networks therefore have important …

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Indonesia reappeared after three decades and caused
losses to farmers. This study aims to reveal the spatial distribution and correlation of …

As a highly contagious livestock viral disease, foot-and-mouth disease poses a great threat
to the beef-cattle industry. Direct animal movement is always considered as a major route for …

Human behavioral change around biosecurity in response to increased awareness of
disease risks is a critical factor in modeling animal disease dynamics. Here, biosecurity is …

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) continues to cause
substantial economic losses for the North American pork industry. Here we developed and …