Review of transmission routes of 24 infectious diseases preventable by biosecurity measures and comparison of the implementation of these measures in pig herds in …

ME Filippitzi, A Brinch Kruse, M Postma… - Transboundary and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to review the transmission routes of important infectious pig diseases and
to translate these into biosecurity measures preventing or reducing the transmission …

Role of animal movement and indirect contact among farms in transmission of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus

K VanderWaal, A Perez, M Torremorrell, RM Morrison… - Epidemics, 2018 - Elsevier
Epidemiological models of the spread of pathogens in livestock populations primarily focus
on direct contact between farms based on animal movement data, and in some cases, local …

Modelling and assessing additional transmission routes for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus: Vehicle movements and feed ingredients

JA Galvis, CA Corzo, G Machado - … and Emerging Diseases, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Accounting for multiple modes of livestock disease dissemination in epidemiological models
remains a challenge. We developed and calibrated a mathematical model for transmission …

Unraveling the contact patterns and network structure of pig shipments in the United States and its association with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome …

K Lee, D Polson, E Lowe, R Main, D Holtkamp… - Preventive veterinary …, 2017 - Elsevier
The analysis of the pork value chain is becoming key to understanding the risk of infectious
disease dissemination in the swine industry. In this study, we used social network analysis to …

Veterinary systems biology for bridging the phenotype–genotype gap via computational modeling for disease epidemiology and animal welfare

RK Pathak, JM Kim - Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Veterinary systems biology is an innovative approach that integrates biological data at the
molecular and cellular levels, allowing for a more extensive understanding of the …

[HTML][HTML] The aquaculture disease network model (AquaNet-Mod): A simulation model to evaluate disease spread and controls for the salmonid industry in England …

J Guilder, D Ryder, NGH Taylor, SR Alewijnse… - Epidemics, 2023 - Elsevier
Infectious disease causes significant mortality in wild and farmed systems, threatening
biodiversity, conservation and animal welfare, as well as food security. To mitigate impacts …

Modelling the transmission and vaccination strategy for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus

JA Galvis, CA Corzo, JM Prada… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Many aspects of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) between‐
farm transmission dynamics have been investigated, but uncertainty remains about the …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling the economic efficiency of using different strategies to control Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome at herd level

H Nathues, P Alarcon, J Rushton, R Jolie… - Preventive veterinary …, 2018 - Elsevier
PRRS is among the diseases with the highest economic impact in pig production worldwide.
Different strategies have been developed and applied to combat PRRS at farm level. The …

Dynamic network connectivity influences the spread of a sub‐lineage of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus

DN Makau, IAD Paploski, CA Corzo… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Swine production in the United States is characterized by dynamic farm contacts through
animal movements; such movements shape the risk of disease occurrence on farms. Pig …

Impact of truck contamination and information sharing on foot-and-mouth disease spreading in beef cattle production systems

Q Yang, DM Gruenbacher, JL Heier Stamm, DE Amrine… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
As cattle movement data in the United States are scarce due to the absence of mandatory
traceability programs, previous epidemic models for US cattle production systems heavily …