Development of a Transboundary Model of Livestock Disease in Europe

Overview

Journal Transbound Emerg Dis

Specialty Veterinary Medicine

Date 2021 Jun 25

PMID 34169659

Citations 4

Authors

Richard Bradhurst

Graeme Garner

Mark Hovari

Maria de la Puente

Koen Mintiens

Shankar Yadav

Tiziano Federici

Ian Kopacka

Simon Stockreiter

Ivanka Kuzmanova

Samuil Paunov

Vladimir Cacinovic

Martina Rubin

Jusztina Szilagyi

Zsofia Szepesine Kokany

Annalisa Santi

Marco Sordilli

Laura Sighinas

Mihaela Spiridon

Marko Potocnik

Keith Sumption

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Abstract

Epidemiological models of notifiable livestock disease are typically framed at a national level and targeted for specific diseases. There are inherent difficulties in extending models beyond national borders as details of the livestock population, production systems and marketing systems of neighbouring countries are not always readily available. It can also be a challenge to capture heterogeneities in production systems, control policies, and response resourcing across multiple countries, in a single transboundary model. In this paper, we describe EuFMDiS, a continental-scale modelling framework for transboundary animal disease, specifically designed to support emergency animal disease planning in Europe. EuFMDiS simulates the spread of livestock disease within and between countries and allows control policies to be enacted and resourced on a per-country basis. It provides a sophisticated decision support tool that can be used to look at the risk of disease introduction, establishment and spread; control approaches in terms of effectiveness and costs; resource management; and post-outbreak management issues.

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