Pig movements in France: Designing network models fitting the transmission route of pathogens.

ABSTRACT: Pathogen spread between farms results from interaction between the epidemiological characteristics of infectious agents, such as transmission route, and the contact structure between holdings. The objective of our study was to design network models of pig movements matching with epidemiological features of pathogens. Our first model represents the transmission of infectious diseases between farms only through the introduction of animals to holdings (Animal Introduction Model AIM), whereas the second one also accounts for pathogen spread through intermediate transit of trucks through farms even without any animal unloading (i.e. indirect transmission-Transit Model TM). To take the pyramidal organisation of pig production into consideration, these networks were studied at three different sca

SUBMITTER: Salines M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5648108 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature