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Surveillance and risk assessment for early detection of emerging infectious diseases in livestock (2023)
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Drewe, J. A., Snary, E. L., Crotta, M., Alarcon, P., & Guitian, J. (2023). Surveillance and risk assessment for early detection of emerging infectious diseases in livestock. Scientific and Technical Review, 42, 120-127. https://doi.org/10.20506/rst.42.3355

Those who work in the area of surveillance and prevention of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) face a challenge in accurately predicting where infection will occur and who (or what) it will affect. Establishing surveillance and control programmes f... Read More about Surveillance and risk assessment for early detection of emerging infectious diseases in livestock.

Backyard poultry production in Chile: animal health management and contribution to food access in an upper middle-income country (2019)
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Di Pillo, F., Anríquez, G., Alarcón, P., Jimenez-Bluhm, P., Galdames, P., Nieto, V., …Hamilton-West, C. (2019). Backyard poultry production in Chile: animal health management and contribution to food access in an upper middle-income country. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 164, 41-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2019.01.008

Backyard production systems (BPS) that involve poultry are a good way to improve food security and poverty alleviation. Few studies have been carried out to quantify the contribution of poultry production to these households and the constraints they... Read More about Backyard poultry production in Chile: animal health management and contribution to food access in an upper middle-income country.

Comparison of 2016–17 and Previous Epizootics of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5 Guangdong Lineage in Europe (2018)
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Alarcon, P., Brouwer, A., Vekatesh, D., Duncan, D., Dovas, C. I., Georgiades, G., …Brown, I. H. (2018). Comparison of 2016–17 and Previous Epizootics of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5 Guangdong Lineage in Europe. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2412.171860

We analyzed the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 epizootic of 2016–17 in Europe by epidemiologic and genetic characteristics and compared it with 2 previous epizootics caused by the same H5 Guangdong lineage. The 2016–17 epizootic was the... Read More about Comparison of 2016–17 and Previous Epizootics of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5 Guangdong Lineage in Europe.

Mapping Nairobi's dairy food system: An essential analysis for policy, industry and research (2018)
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Kiambi, S., Alarcon, P., Rushton, J., Murungi, M. K., Muinde, P., Akoko, J., …Fèvre, E. M. (2018). Mapping Nairobi's dairy food system: An essential analysis for policy, industry and research. Agricultural Systems, 167, 47-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2018.08.007

Demand for dairy products in sub-Saharan Africa, is expected to triple by 2050, while limited increase in supply is predicted. This poses significant food security risk to low income households. Understanding how the dairy food system operates is ess... Read More about Mapping Nairobi's dairy food system: An essential analysis for policy, industry and research.

Spatio-temporal and risk factor analysis of alleles related to Scrapie resistance in sheep in Great Britain before, during and after a national breeding program (2018)
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Alarcon, P., Marco-Jimenez, F., Arnold, M., Wolf, A., Rajanayagam, B., Stevens, K., & Adkin, A. (2018). Spatio-temporal and risk factor analysis of alleles related to Scrapie resistance in sheep in Great Britain before, during and after a national breeding program. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 159, 12-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2018.08.008

Certain genotypes of sheep have been identified to increase their susceptibility (the VRQ allele) or resistance (the ARR allele) to classical scrapie. This study’s aim was to assess the spatio-temporal pattern of the ARR and VRQ alleles in GB and to... Read More about Spatio-temporal and risk factor analysis of alleles related to Scrapie resistance in sheep in Great Britain before, during and after a national breeding program.

Modelling the economic efficiency of using different strategies to control Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome at herd level (2018)
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Nathues, H., Alarcon, P., Rushton, J., Jolie, R., Fiebig, K., Jimenez, M., …Nathues, C. (2018). Modelling the economic efficiency of using different strategies to control Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome at herd level. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 152, 89-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2018.02.005

PRRS is among the diseases with the highest economic impact in pig production worldwide. Different strategies have been developed and applied to combat PRRS at farm level. The broad variety of available intervention strategies makes it difficult to d... Read More about Modelling the economic efficiency of using different strategies to control Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome at herd level.

Urban livestock keeping in the city of Nairobi: Diversity of production systems, supply chains and their disease management and risks (2017)
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Alarcon, P., Fèvre, E. M., Muinde, P., Murungi, M. K., Kiambi, S., Akoko, J., & Rushton, J. (2017). Urban livestock keeping in the city of Nairobi: Diversity of production systems, supply chains and their disease management and risks. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4(171), https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2017.00171

Urban livestock keeping in developing cities have an important role in food security and livelihoods but can also pose a significant threat to the environment and health of urban dwellers. The aim of this study was to identify the different livestock... Read More about Urban livestock keeping in the city of Nairobi: Diversity of production systems, supply chains and their disease management and risks.

The broiler meat system in Nairobi, Kenya: using a value chain framework to understand animal and product flows, governance and sanitary risks (2017)
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Carron, M., Alarcon, P., Karani, M., Muinde, P., Akoko, J., Onono, J., …Rushton, J. (2017). The broiler meat system in Nairobi, Kenya: using a value chain framework to understand animal and product flows, governance and sanitary risks. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 147, 90-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.08.013

Livestock food systems play key subsistence and income generation roles in low to middle income countries and are important networks for zoonotic disease transmission. The aim of this study was to use a value chain framework to characterize the broil... Read More about The broiler meat system in Nairobi, Kenya: using a value chain framework to understand animal and product flows, governance and sanitary risks.

Mapping of beef, sheep and goat food systems in Nairobi — A framework for policy making and the identification of structural vulnerabilities and deficiencies (2017)
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Alarcon, P., Fèvre, E. M., Murungi, M. K., Muinde, P., Akoko, J., Dominguez-Salas, P., …Rushton, J. (2017). Mapping of beef, sheep and goat food systems in Nairobi — A framework for policy making and the identification of structural vulnerabilities and deficiencies. Agricultural Systems, 152, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2016.12.005

Nairobi is a large rapidly-growing city whose demand for beef, mutton and goat products is expected to double by 2030. The study aimed to map the Nairobi beef, sheep and goat systems structure and flows to identify deficiencies and vulnerabilities to... Read More about Mapping of beef, sheep and goat food systems in Nairobi — A framework for policy making and the identification of structural vulnerabilities and deficiencies.

Pig farmers' perceptions, attitudes, influences and management of information in the decision-making process for disease control (2014)
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Alarcon, P., Wieland, B., Mateus, A. L. P., & Dewberry, C. (2014). Pig farmers' perceptions, attitudes, influences and management of information in the decision-making process for disease control. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 116(3), 223-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.08.004

The objectives of this study were (1) to explore the factors involved in the decision-making process used by pig farmers for disease control and (2) to investigate pig farmers’ attitudes and perceptions about different information sources relating to... Read More about Pig farmers' perceptions, attitudes, influences and management of information in the decision-making process for disease control.

Value chain analysis and sanitary risks of the camel milk system supplying Nairobi city, Kenya
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Muloi, D., Alarcon, P., Ombui, J., Ngeiywa, K. J., Abdullahi, B., Muinde, P., …Fèvre, E. M. (in press). Value chain analysis and sanitary risks of the camel milk system supplying Nairobi city, Kenya. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 159, 203-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2018.09.010

The camel milk trade in Kenya has evolved significantly from a small-scale business undertaken in local villages to its current status involving a large number of different stakeholders supplying urban towns, particularly Nairobi City. Despite the ev... Read More about Value chain analysis and sanitary risks of the camel milk system supplying Nairobi city, Kenya.