Predictive gravity models of livestock mobility in Mauritania: The effects of supply, demand and cultural factors.

ABSTRACT: Animal movements are typically driven by areas of supply and demand for animal products and by the seasonality of production and demand. As animals can potentially spread infectious diseases, disease prevention can benefit from a better understanding of the factors influencing movements patterns in space and time. In Mauritania, an important cultural event, called the Tabaski (Aïd el Kebir) strongly affects timing and structure of movements, and due to the arid and semi-arid climatic conditions, the season can also influence movement patterns. In order to better characterize the animal movements patterns, a survey was carried out in 2014, and those data were analysed here using social network analysis (SNA) metrics and used to train predictive gravity models. More specifically, we aimed to

SUBMITTER: Nicolas G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6051598 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature