Assessing the Role of Private Haulage Companies in the Spread of Swine Infectious Diseases in Great Britain (GB)
Abstract
Understanding the complexity of any live animal trade network is critical for predicting the spread of infectious diseases in livestock industries, assessing the benefit for prevention and control measures, and designing cost-efficient surveillance programmes. However, attention has mainly focused on the direct movements of live animals between premises, whereas the role of haulage vehicles used to transport these animals, an indirect route for disease transmission, has largely been ignored. Here we aimed to both assess the impact of sharing haulage vehicles from livestock transport service providers on the connectivity between farms and the risk posed by such behaviour on the spread of swine infectious diseases in GB.
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Bronsvoort, B. D., Correa-Gomes, C., Gunn, G. J. & Porphyre, T., (2019) “Assessing the Role of Private Haulage Companies in the Spread of Swine Infectious Diseases in Great Britain (GB)”, SafePork 13(1), 129. doi: https://doi.org//safepork.11386
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