Epidemiological modelling can be a powerful tool to assist animal health policy
development and disease prevention and control. Models can vary from simple deterministic …

Foot disorders are costly health disorders in dairy farms, and their prevalence is related to
several factors such as breed, nutrition, and farmer's management strategy. Very few …

Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is a disease of zoonotic importance for which control and
eradication programmes have been carried out in many countries for decades. While the …

This paper is intended to explore a higher order stochastically perturbed SIRI epidemic
model with relapse and media coverage. Firstly, we derive sufficient criteria for the existence …

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an important zoonotic disease in developing countries
including China. Lack of rapid and simple detection methods for surveillance affects efficient …

The Netherlands holds the bovine tuberculosis-free (BTB-free) status according to European
Union standards, but in recent years small outbreaks of the infection have occurred. After the …

Animal tuberculosis (TB) in terrestrial mammals is mainly caused by Mycobacterium bovis.
This pathogen is adapted to a wide range of host species, representing a threat to livestock …

Background Eradication of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) through the application of test-and-cull
programs is a declared goal of developed countries in which the disease is still endemic …

In Spain, the eradication of tuberculosis (TB) in cattle has had some setbacks and therefore
we need to re-evaluate the current surveillance strategies. The Spanish cattle TB …

Assessing the performance of a surveillance system for infectious diseases of domestic
animals is a challenging task for health authorities. Therefore, it is important to assess what …