Outputs (37)

Classical Scrapie Did Not Re-occur in Goats After Cleaning and Disinfection of the Farm Premises (2020)
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Konold, T., Libbey, S., Rajanayagam, B., Fothergill, L., Spiropoulos, J., Vidaña, B., & Alarcon, P. (2020). Classical Scrapie Did Not Re-occur in Goats After Cleaning and Disinfection of the Farm Premises. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7,

After an outbreak of classical scrapie in a dairy goat herd with over 1,800 goats, all goats in the herd were culled in 2008, cleaning and disinfection of the premises was implemented, and restocking with goats took place ~4 months after depopulation... Read More about Classical Scrapie Did Not Re-occur in Goats After Cleaning and Disinfection of the Farm Premises.

A Value Chain Approach to Characterize the Chicken Sub-sector in Pakistan (2020)
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Aslam, H. B., Alarcon, P., Yaqub, T., Iqbal, M., & Häsler, B. (2020). A Value Chain Approach to Characterize the Chicken Sub-sector in Pakistan. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7,

The chicken industry of Pakistan is a major livestock sub-sector, playing a pivotal role in economic growth and rural development. This study aimed to characterize and map the structure of broiler and layer production systems, associated value chains... Read More about A Value Chain Approach to Characterize the Chicken Sub-sector in Pakistan.

Identification of Production Chain Risk Factors for Slaughterhouse Condemnation of Broiler Chickens’ (2020)
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Buzdugan, S. N., Chang, Y. M., Huntington, B., Rushton, J., Guitian, J., Alarcon, P., & Blake, D. P. (2020). Identification of Production Chain Risk Factors for Slaughterhouse Condemnation of Broiler Chickens’. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 105036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.105036

Slaughterhouse condemnation of broiler chickens results from identification of polymorphic pathological conditions during meat inspection from arrival and on theslaughter line. While conditions that result in condemnation are multifactorial, identifi... Read More about Identification of Production Chain Risk Factors for Slaughterhouse Condemnation of Broiler Chickens’.

Investigation of the governance structure of Nairobi dairy value chain and its influence on food safety (2020)
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Kiambi, S., Onono, J. O., Kang’ethe, E., Aboge, G. O., Murungi, M. K., Muinde, P., …Alarcon, P. (2020). Investigation of the governance structure of Nairobi dairy value chain and its influence on food safety. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 179, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.105009

The dairy value chain of Nairobi is comprised, in its majority, of small-scale independent enterprises that operate within a complex interlinked system. In this complexity, the coordination and power structures of the system may have major influences... Read More about Investigation of the governance structure of Nairobi dairy value chain and its influence on food safety.

Leveraging human nutrition through livestock interventions: perceptions, knowledge, barriers and opportunities in the Sahel (2019)
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Dominguez-Salas, P., Kauffmann, D., Breyne, C., & Alarcon, P. (2019). Leveraging human nutrition through livestock interventions: perceptions, knowledge, barriers and opportunities in the Sahel. Food Security, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-019-00957-4

The potential of livestock and animal-source foods (ASF) to improve nutrition of vulnerable households in the Sahel countries is large, but currently underutilised, despite the dependence of human nutrition on livestock in some areas. This study asse... Read More about Leveraging human nutrition through livestock interventions: perceptions, knowledge, barriers and opportunities in the Sahel.

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.

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., …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.