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Cost of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus at individual farm level – An economic disease model (2018)
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Nathues, H., Alarcon, P., Rushton, J., Jolie, R., Fiebig, K., Jimenez, M., Geurts, V., & Nathues, C. (2018). Cost of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus at individual farm level – An economic disease model. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 142, 16-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.04.006

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is reported to be among the diseases with the highest economic impact in modern pig production worldwide. Yet, the economic impact of the disease at farm level is not well understood as, especially... Read More about Cost of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus at individual farm level – An economic disease model.

Modelling the economic efficiency of using different strategies to control Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome at herd level (2018)
Journal Article
Nathues, H., Alarcon, P., Rushton, J., Jolie, R., Fiebig, K., Jimenez, M., Geurts, V., & 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., Fèvre, E. M., Haesler, B., & 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., Kiambi, S., Ahmed, S., Häsler, B., & 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.

Nutritional characterisation of low-income households of Nairobi: socioeconomic, livestock and gender considerations and predictors of malnutrition from a cross-sectional survey (2016)
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Dominguez-Salas, P., Alarcon, P., Häsler, B., Doohoo, I. R., Colverson, K., Kimani-Murage, E. W., Alonso, S., Ferguson, E., Fèvre, E. M., Rushton, J., & Grace, D. (2016). Nutritional characterisation of low-income households of Nairobi: socioeconomic, livestock and gender considerations and predictors of malnutrition from a cross-sectional survey. BMC Nutrition, 2(47), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-016-0086-2

Integration of production and financial models to analyse the financial impact of livestock diseases: a case study of Schmallenberg virus disease on British and French dairy farms (2015)
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Hasler, B., Alarcon, P., Raboisson, D., Waret-Szkuta, A., & Rushton, J. (2015). Integration of production and financial models to analyse the financial impact of livestock diseases: a case study of Schmallenberg virus disease on British and French dairy farms. Veterinary Record Open, 2(1), e000035. https://doi.org/10.1136/vetreco-2014-000035

Application of integrated production and economic models to estimate the impact of Schmallenberg virus for various sheep production types in the UK and France (2014)
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Alarcon, P., Haesler, B., Raboisson, D., Waret-Szkuta, A., Corbiere, F., & Rushton, J. (2014). Application of integrated production and economic models to estimate the impact of Schmallenberg virus for various sheep production types in the UK and France. Veterinary Record, 1(1), e000036-e000036. https://doi.org/10.1136/vetreco-2014-000036

The present study aimed to estimate and compare the economic impact of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) in different sheep production holdings using partial budget and gross margin analyses in combination with production models.
The sheep production types... Read More about Application of integrated production and economic models to estimate the impact of Schmallenberg virus for various sheep production types in the UK and France.

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.