New technologies have vastly increased the available data on animal movement and
behaviour. Consequently, new methods deciphering the spatial and temporal interactions …

Over recent years there have been considerable methodological developments in the field
of animal disease surveillance. The principles of risk analysis were conceptually applied to …

This handbook explains how to model epidemiological problems and improve inference
about disease etiology from a geographical perspective. Top epidemiologists, geographers …

Livestock movement data represent a valuable source of information to understand the
pattern of contacts between premises which may determine the spread of diseases. Social …

Dairy farms in Ireland are expanding in preparation for a new era of unrestricted milk
production with the elimination of the European Union (EU) production quotas in 2015 …

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious and economically important viral
disease of cloven-hoofed animals. Australia's freedom from FMD underpins a valuable trade …

Livestock movements are an important mechanism of infectious disease transmission.
Where these are well recorded, network analysis tools have been used to successfully …

Movement of livestock between premises is one of the foremost factors contributing to the
spread of infectious diseases of livestock. In part to address this issue, the origin and …

Transport of live animals is a major risk factor in the spread of infectious diseases between
holdings. The present study analysed the pork supply chain of a producer community in …

Ruminants are considered the main reservoir for transmission of Coxiella burnetii (Cb) to
humans. The implementation of effective control measures against Cb in ruminants requires …