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Epidemiological analysis of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (serotype SAT2) on a large dairy farm in Kenya using regular vaccination (2015)
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Lyons, N. A., Staerk, K. D. C., van Maanen, C., Thomas, S. L., Chepkwony, E. C., Sangula, A. K., …Fine, P. E. M. (2015). Epidemiological analysis of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (serotype SAT2) on a large dairy farm in Kenya using regular vaccination. Acta Tropica, 143, 103-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.09.010

During August–September 2012, an outbreak of Foot-and-mouth Disease (FMD) due to serotype Southern African Territories-2 (SAT2) occurred on a large, extensively grazed dairy farm in Nakuru County, Kenya. Over 29 days, 400/644 (62.1%) cattle were reco... Read More about Epidemiological analysis of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (serotype SAT2) on a large dairy farm in Kenya using regular vaccination.

Elevated arousal at time of decision-making is not the arbiter of risk avoidance in chickens (2015)
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Davies, A. C., Radford, A. N., Pettersson, I. C., Yang, F. P., & Nicol, C. J. (2015). Elevated arousal at time of decision-making is not the arbiter of risk avoidance in chickens. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep08200

The somatic marker hypothesis proposes that humans recall previously experienced physiological responses to aid decision-making under uncertainty. However, little is known about the mechanisms used by non-human animals to integrate risk perception wi... Read More about Elevated arousal at time of decision-making is not the arbiter of risk avoidance in chickens.

Vaccination with a live multi-gene deletion strain protects horses against virulent challenge with Streptococcus equi (2015)
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Robinson, C., Heather, Z., Slater, J. D., Potts, N., Steward, K. F., Maskell, D. J., …Waller, A. S. (2015). Vaccination with a live multi-gene deletion strain protects horses against virulent challenge with Streptococcus equi. Vaccine, 33(9), 1160-1167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.01.019

Strangles, caused by Streptococcus equi subspecies equi (S. equi) is one of the most frequently diagnosed infectious diseases of horses and there remains a significant need to develop new preventative vaccines. We generated a live vaccine strain of S... Read More about Vaccination with a live multi-gene deletion strain protects horses against virulent challenge with Streptococcus equi.

Project MOSI: rationale and pilot-study results of an initiative to help protect zoo animals from mosquito-transmitted pathogens and contribute data on mosquito spatio–temporal distribution change (2015)
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Quintavalle Pastorino, G., Albertini, M., Carlsen, F., Cunningham, A. A., Daniel, B. A., Flach, E., …Pearce-Kelly, P. (2015). Project MOSI: rationale and pilot-study results of an initiative to help protect zoo animals from mosquito-transmitted pathogens and contribute data on mosquito spatio–temporal distribution change. International Zoo Yearbook, 49(1), 172-188. https://doi.org/10.1111/izy.12065

Welfare analysis of changing food prices: a nonparametric examination of rice policies in India (2015)
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Groom, B., & Tak, M. (2015). Welfare analysis of changing food prices: a nonparametric examination of rice policies in India. Food Security, 7(1), 121-141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-014-0413-x

The paper examines the welfare impact of the Indian government’s rice price policies in the light of the global food crisis of 2007–08 using a nonparametric approach for regression and density estimation. In particular, the impact of a ban on export... Read More about Welfare analysis of changing food prices: a nonparametric examination of rice policies in India.

SERVAL: A New Framework for the Evaluation of Animal Health Surveillance (2015)
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Drewe, J. A., Hoinville, L. J., Cook, A. J. C., Floyd, T., Gunn, G., & Staerk, K. D. C. (2015). SERVAL: A New Framework for the Evaluation of Animal Health Surveillance. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 62(1), 33-45. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12063

Animal health surveillance programmes may change in response to altering requirements or perceived weaknesses but are seldom subjected to any formal evaluation to ensure that they provide valuable information in an efficient manner. The literature on... Read More about SERVAL: A New Framework for the Evaluation of Animal Health Surveillance.