Common features in spatial livestock disease transmission parameters.

ABSTRACT: The risk of epidemic spread of diseases in livestock poses a threat to animal and often also human health. Important for the assessment of the effect of control measures is a statistical model quantification of between-farm transmission during epidemics. In particular, quantification of the between-farm transmission kernel has proven its importance for a range of different diseases in livestock. In this paper we explore if a comparison of the different transmission kernels yields further insight. Our comparison identifies common features that connect across the different pathogen-host combinations analyzed. We conjecture that these features are universal and thereby provide generic insights. Comparison of the shape of the spatial transmission kernel suggests that, in absence of animal move

SUBMITTER: Boender GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9981765 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature