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Comparison of 2016–17 and Previous Epizootics of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5 Guangdong Lineage in Europe (2018)
Journal Article
Alarcon, P., Brouwer, A., Vekatesh, D., Duncan, D., Dovas, C. I., Georgiades, G., Monne, I., Fusaro, A., Dan, A., Smietanka, K., Ragias, V., Breed, A. C., Chassalevris, T., Hjulsager, C. K., Ryan, E., Sanchez, A., Niqueux, E., Tammiranta, N., Zohari, S., Stroud, D. A., …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)
Journal Article
Kiambi, S., Alarcon, P., Rushton, J., Murungi, M. K., Muinde, P., Akoko, J., Aboge, G., Gikonyo, S., Momanyi, K., Kang'Ethe, E. K., & 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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.