Identifying effective surveillance measures for swine pathogens using contact networks and mathematical modeling.

ABSTRACT: Infectious diseases in livestock have detrimental effects on the health of animals, the livelihood of farmers, and the meat industry. Understanding the specific pathways of disease spread and evaluating the effectiveness of surveillance measures is critical to preventing large outbreaks. Direct livestock transport, transport tours-where a single truck moves livestock between multiple farms in a single journey-and contacts that livestock have with their surrounding environment have been identified as drivers of disease dissemination. The objective of this study was to assess the role of these different pathways in the transmission of several swine pathogens and to evaluate the efficacy of surveillance strategies in identifying outbreaks. To achieve this, we built contact networks for these

SUBMITTER: Moriarty K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12373290 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature