Biosecurity for Livestock Diseases in Europe: Transmission, Risk Factors, and Modelling
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Biosecurity for Livestock Diseases in Europe: Transmission, Risk Factors, and Modelling pdf, Biosecurity practices can help prevent the introduction and spread of disease, promoting better animal health and welfare, human health, food safety, and the economic benefits of livestock production. Stemming from a joint initiative between the Biosecure project which brought together 17 partners across 12 European countries, and DISCONTOOLS, the research gap database in animal health, this book provides valuable background information which can help to better understand and prioritize biosecurity measures.
Driven by an evidence-based and cost-effective approach to biosecurity, it is divided into two sections covering endemic diseases typically present within most countries, and epidemic diseases with the potential for large scale outbreaks. By summarizing current knowledge on a range of diseases, this book forms both a useful resource for researchers and professionals in animal disease prevention, and a starting off point for identifying information gaps and requirements for future research.
This book is subdivided into three chapters.
The first chapter gives a brief introduction to general principles and terminology used in biosecurity and modelling transmission of livestock disease. The remaining two chapters provide a review of available information on selected diseases wherein we gathered information on prevalence, risk factors (including risk of introduction to the farm or risk of introduction to Europe), transmission routes, control measures and biosecurity, and the current availability of modelling data.
Chapter 2 covers diseases endemic to Europe and is divided into sections for cattle, swine, poultry, small ruminants and diseases affecting multiple species. Where a disease affects multiple species, information has been provided separately for each species affected. Chapter 3 covers the epidemic diseases.
Chapter 3 is not subdivided by species, as many of the diseases covered here affect multiple species, so this chapter is only subdivided by disease. As mentioned above, we consider both diseases for which there are ongoing outbreaks across Europe, such as African swine fever and avian influenza, and those diseases present in neighbouring countries and at risk of introduction to Europe, such as Rift Valley fever.
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