National level databases of animal numbers, locations and movements provide the essential
foundations for disease preparedness, outbreak investigations and control activities. These …

A number of transmission network models are available that combine genomic and
epidemiological data to reconstruct networks of who infected whom during infectious …

Livestock health and disease constrain animal protein production and trade, contributing
directly to the health outcomes, livelihoods, and food security of almost a billion people …

Here we investigated the prevalence and spatial distribution of selected pathogens
associated with infectious diseases of dairy cattle in Ontario, Canada. The cross-sectional …

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is arguably the most damaging animal disease, affecting
three-quarters of the global livestock population. This paper provides a cost-benefit analysis …

Following an FMD eradication program, surveillance will be required to demonstrate that the
program has been successful. The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) provides …

This paper presents a practical model for optimally allocating a budget across different
biosecurity threats and measures (eg prevention or border quarantine, active surveillance …

Objective The objective is to estimate the economic benefits of trading zones as part of foot‐
and‐mouth disease (FMD) control measures for limited duration outbreaks. Design The …

While most animals play, only humans play games. As animal play serves to teach offspring
important life-skills in a safe scenario, human games might, in similar ways, teach important …

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) affects cloven-hoofed livestock and causes devastating
damages to the world's economies. Being endemic in developing countries, FMD has …