Outputs (106)

Evaluation of strategies using simulation model to control a potential outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza among poultry farms in Central Luzon, Philippines. (2020)
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Salvador, R., Tanquilut, N., Macmac, R., Na Lampang, K., Chaisowwong, W., Pfeiffer, D., & Punyapornwithaya, V. (2020). Evaluation of strategies using simulation model to control a potential outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza among poultry farms in Central Luzon, Philippines. PLoS ONE, 15(9), e0238815

The Philippines confirmed its first epidemic of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) on August 11, 2017. It ended in November of 2017. Despite the successful management of the epidemic, reemergence is a continuous threat. The aim of this study wa... Read More about Evaluation of strategies using simulation model to control a potential outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza among poultry farms in Central Luzon, Philippines..

Identification of High-Risk Areas for the Spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Central Luzon, Philippines (2020)
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Salvador, R., Tanquilut, N., Na Lampang, K., Chaisowwong, W., Pfeiffer, D., & Punyapornwithaya, V. (2020). Identification of High-Risk Areas for the Spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Central Luzon, Philippines. Veterinary Sciences, 7(3), 107

Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) is a major problem in the poultry industry. It is highly contagious and is associated with a high mortality rate. The Philippines experienced an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in 2017. As there is alw... Read More about Identification of High-Risk Areas for the Spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Central Luzon, Philippines.

Antibiotic resistance gene sharing networks and the effect of dietary nutritional content on the canine and feline gut resistome (2020)
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Kim, Y., Leung, M. H. Y., Kwok, W., Fournié, G., Li, J., Lee, P. K. H., & Pfeiffer, D. U. (2020). Antibiotic resistance gene sharing networks and the effect of dietary nutritional content on the canine and feline gut resistome. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-020-0022-2

As one of the most densely populated microbial communities on Earth, the gut microbiota serves as an important reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), referred to as the gut resistome. Here, we investigated the association of dietary nutriti... Read More about Antibiotic resistance gene sharing networks and the effect of dietary nutritional content on the canine and feline gut resistome.

Optimising the detectability of H5N1 and H5N6 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in Vietnamese live-bird markets (2019)
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Vergne, T., Meyer, A., Long, P. T., Elkholly, D. A., Inui, K., Padungtod, P., …Pfeiffer, D. U. (2019). Optimising the detectability of H5N1 and H5N6 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in Vietnamese live-bird markets. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37616-1

Live bird markets (LBMs) are major targets for avian influenza virus (AIV) surveillance programmes. While sampling the LBM environment has become a widely used alternative to the labour-intensive sampling of live poultry, the design of surveillance p... Read More about Optimising the detectability of H5N1 and H5N6 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in Vietnamese live-bird markets.

Exploring the fate of cattle herds with inconclusive reactors to the tuberculin skin test (2018)
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Brunton, L. A., Prosser, A., Downs, S. H., & Pfeiffer, D. U. (2018). Exploring the fate of cattle herds with inconclusive reactors to the tuberculin skin test. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 5(228), https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2018.00228

Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is an important animal health issue in many parts of the world. In England and Wales, the primary test to detect infected animals is the single intradermal comparative cervical tuberculin test, which compares immunological re... Read More about Exploring the fate of cattle herds with inconclusive reactors to the tuberculin skin test.

Competing biosecurity and risk rationalities in the Chittagong poultry commodity chain, Bangladesh (2018)
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Høg, E., Fournié, G., Hoque, M. A., Mahmud, R., Pfeiffer, D. U., & Barnett, T. (2018). Competing biosecurity and risk rationalities in the Chittagong poultry commodity chain, Bangladesh. BioSocieties, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41292-018-0131-2

This paper anthropologically explores how key actors in the Chittagong live bird trading network perceive biosecurity and risk in relation to avian influenza between production sites, market maker scenes and outlets. They pay attention to the past an... Read More about Competing biosecurity and risk rationalities in the Chittagong poultry commodity chain, Bangladesh.

Livestock trade network: potential for disease transmission and implications for risk-based surveillance on the island of Mayotte (2018)
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Kim, Y., Dommergues, L., M'sa, A. B., Mérot, P., Cardinale, E., Edmunds, J., …Métras, R. (2018). Livestock trade network: potential for disease transmission and implications for risk-based surveillance on the island of Mayotte. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29999-y

The island of Mayotte is a department of France, an outermost region of the European Union located in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and the coast of Eastern Africa. Due to its close connection to the African mainland and neighbouring islands, t... Read More about Livestock trade network: potential for disease transmission and implications for risk-based surveillance on the island of Mayotte.

A dynamic model of transmission and elimination of peste des petits ruminants in Ethiopia (2018)
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Fournié, G., Waret-Szkuta, A., Camacho, A., Yigezu, L. M., Pfeiffer, D. U., & Roger, F. (2018). A dynamic model of transmission and elimination of peste des petits ruminants in Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1711646115

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), a devastating viral disease of sheep and goats, has been targeted by the global community for eradication within the next 15 years. Although an efficacious attenuated live vaccine is available, the lack of knowledge... Read More about A dynamic model of transmission and elimination of peste des petits ruminants in Ethiopia.

epidemix-An interactive multi-model application for teaching and visualizing infectious disease transmission (2018)
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Muellner, U., Fournié, G., Muellner, P., Ahlstrom, C., & Pfeiffer, D. U. (2018). epidemix-An interactive multi-model application for teaching and visualizing infectious disease transmission. Epidemics, 23, 49-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2017.12.003

Mathematical models of disease transmission are used to improve our understanding of patterns of infection and to identify factors influencing them. During recent public and animal health crises, such as pandemic influenza, Ebola, Zika, foot-and-mout... Read More about epidemix-An interactive multi-model application for teaching and visualizing infectious disease transmission.

The applicability of animal health surveillance systems for post-market monitoring of potential adverse effects of genetically modified (GM) feed (2018)
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Vince, L., Kleter, G. A., Kostov, K., Pfeiffer, D. U., & Guitian, J. (2018). The applicability of animal health surveillance systems for post-market monitoring of potential adverse effects of genetically modified (GM) feed. Food and Chemical Toxicology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2018.04.034

A facultative post market monitoring of potential health impacts of genetically modified (GM) feedstuffs on livestock consuming these feeds after pre-market risk assessment is under ongoing consideration. Within the IPAFEED database, scientific studi... Read More about The applicability of animal health surveillance systems for post-market monitoring of potential adverse effects of genetically modified (GM) feed.