Risk of Foot-and-Mouth Disease spread due to sole occupancy authorities and linked cattle holdings.

ABSTRACT: Livestock movements in Great Britain are well recorded, have been extensively analysed with respect to their role in disease spread, and have been used in real time to advise governments on the control of infectious diseases. Typically, livestock holdings are treated as distinct entities that must observe movement standstills upon receipt of livestock, and must report livestock movements. However, there are currently two dispensations that can exempt holdings from either observing standstills or reporting movements, namely the Sole Occupancy Authority (SOA) and Cattle Tracing System (CTS) Links, respectively. In this report we have used a combination of data analyses and computational modelling to investigate the usage and potential impact of such linked holdings on the size of a Foot-and-

SUBMITTER: Orton RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3331861 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature