Accounting for multiple modes of livestock disease dissemination in epidemiological models
remains a challenge. We developed and calibrated a mathematical model for transmission …

Animal movements represent a major risk for the spread of infectious diseases in the
domestic swine population. In this study, we adopted methods from social network analysis …

Tracking animal movements over time may fundamentally determine the success of disease
control interventions. In commercial pig production growth stages determine animal …

Network analysis is a powerful tool to describe, estimate, and predict the role of pig trade in
the spread of pathogens and generate essential patterns that can be used to understand …

As cattle movement data in the United States are scarce due to the absence of mandatory
traceability programs, previous epidemic models for US cattle production systems heavily …

In this study, we investigated the occurrence of direct and indirect infectious disease
transmission pathways among pig farms in Switzerland, as well as their specific relevance …

The structure of contact networks affects the likelihood of disease spread at the population
scale and the risk of infection at any given node. Though this has been well characterized for …

Transport of pigs between sites occurs frequently as part of genetic improvement and age
segregation. However, a lack of transport biosecurity could have catastrophic implications if …

Simple Summary Besides direct animal movements between farms; indirect transmission
routes of pathogens can have an immense impact on network structure and disease spread …

This chapter describes major husbandry-and management-related factors affecting health,
welfare and production efficiency in different swine husbandry systems. Given the current …