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Herd-level prevalence of selected endemic infectious diseases of dairy cows in Great Britain (2017)
Journal Article
Velasova, M., Damaso, A., Chengat Prakashbabu, B., Gibbons, J., Wheelhouse, N., Longbottom, D., Van Winden, S. C. L., Green, M., & Guitian, J. (2017). Herd-level prevalence of selected endemic infectious diseases of dairy cows in Great Britain. Journal of Dairy Science, 100(11), 9215-9233. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-11863

To implement appropriate and effective disease control programs at the national level, up-to-date and unbiased information on disease frequency is needed. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of selected endemic infectious diseases in... Read More about Herd-level prevalence of selected endemic infectious diseases of dairy cows in Great Britain.

Using mixed methods to assess food security and coping strategies: a case study among smallholders in the Andean region (2017)
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Limon, G., Fournié, G., Lewis, E. G., Dominguez-Salas, P., Leyton-Michovich, D., Gonzales-Gustavson, E. A., Gonzalez, A. E., Cabezas, A. H., Pinto, J., Rushton, J., & Guitian, J. (2017). Using mixed methods to assess food security and coping strategies: a case study among smallholders in the Andean region. Food Security, 9(5), 1019-1040. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-017-0713-z

International organizations and national governments in resource-scarce settings regularly support programs for the control of animal diseases with the aim of improving smallholder food security. However, the impact of such disease control programs o... Read More about Using mixed methods to assess food security and coping strategies: a case study among smallholders in the Andean region.

Policies and livestock systems driving brucellosis re-emergence in Kazakhstan (2017)
Journal Article
Beauvais, W., Coker, R., Nurtazina, G., & Guitian, J. (2017). Policies and livestock systems driving brucellosis re-emergence in Kazakhstan. EcoHealth, 14(2), 399-407. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-015-1030-7

Brucellosis is a considerable public health and economic burden in many areas of the world including sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and former USSR countries. The collapse of the USSR has been cited as a driver for re-emergence of diseases inclu... Read More about Policies and livestock systems driving brucellosis re-emergence in Kazakhstan.

The Big Pet Diabetes Survey: Perceived Frequency and Triggers for Euthanasia (2017)
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Niessen, S. J. M., Hazuchova, K., Powney, S. L., Guitian, J., Niessen, A. P. M., Pion, P. D., Shaw, J. A., & Church, D. B. (2017). The Big Pet Diabetes Survey: Perceived Frequency and Triggers for Euthanasia. Veterinary Sciences, 4(2), 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci4020027

Current pet diabetes mellitus (DM) treatment necessitates the active daily involvement of owners and can be costly. The current study aimed to investigate the owner population which opts for euthanasia instead of DM treatment. A survey was designed u... Read More about The Big Pet Diabetes Survey: Perceived Frequency and Triggers for Euthanasia.

Towards an integrated food safety surveillance system: a simulation study to explore the potential of combining genomic and epidemiological metadata (2017)
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Hill, A. A., Crotta, M., Wall, B., Good, L., O'Brien, S. J., & Guitian, J. (2017). Towards an integrated food safety surveillance system: a simulation study to explore the potential of combining genomic and epidemiological metadata. Royal Society Open Science, 4, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160721

Foodborne infection is a result of exposure to complex, dynamic food systems. The efficiency of foodborne infection is driven by ongoing shifts in genetic machinery. Next-generation sequencing technologies can provide high-fidelity data about the gen... Read More about Towards an integrated food safety surveillance system: a simulation study to explore the potential of combining genomic and epidemiological metadata.

High Prevalence of Middle East Respiratory Coronavirus in Young Dromedary Camels in Jordan (2017)
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Van Doremalen, N., Hijazeen, Z. S., Holloway, P. M., Al Omari, B., McDowell, C., Adney, D., Talafna, H. A., Guitian, J., Steel, J., Amarin, N., Tibbo, M., Abu-Basha, E., Al-Majali, A. M., Munster, V. J., & Richt, J. A. (2017). High Prevalence of Middle East Respiratory Coronavirus in Young Dromedary Camels in Jordan. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 17(2), 155-159. https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2016.2062

Prevalence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was determined in 45 dromedary camels from two geographically separated herds in Jordan. Virus shedding was only detected in swabs obtained from the respiratory tract and primarily... Read More about High Prevalence of Middle East Respiratory Coronavirus in Young Dromedary Camels in Jordan.

Eimeria species occurrence varies between geographic regions and poultry production systems and may influence parasite genetic diversity (2017)
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Chengat Prakashbabu, B., Thenmozhi, V., Limon, G., Kundu, K., Kumar, S., Garg, R., Clark, E. L., Srinivasa Rao, A. S. R., Raj, D. G., Raman, M., Banerjee, P. S., Tomley, F. M., Guitian, J., & Blake, D. P. (2017). Eimeria species occurrence varies between geographic regions and poultry production systems and may influence parasite genetic diversity. Veterinary Parasitology, 233, 62-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.12.003

Coccidiosis is one of the biggest challenges faced by the global poultry industry. Recent studies have highlighted the ubiquitous distribution of all Eimeria species which can cause this disease in chickens, but intriguingly revealed a regional divid... Read More about Eimeria species occurrence varies between geographic regions and poultry production systems and may influence parasite genetic diversity.