Animal Movement Estimation and Network-Based Epidemic Modeling: Illustration for the Swine Industry in Iowa (US)
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Animal movement estimation and network-based epidemic modeling: Illustration for the swine industry in Iowa (US)
Animal movement plays a critical role in disease transmission between farms. However, in the United States, the lack of available animal shipment data, sometimes coupled with a lack of detailed information about farm demographics and characteristics, presents great challenges for epidemic modeling and prediction. In this study, we proposed a new method based on the maximum entropy to generate “synthetic” animal movement networks, considering ava…


Five feral pigs killed at African swine fever have been found in NRW so far - all in the Olpe district. Now a nationwide monitoring is to start.
After African swine fever broke out in Olpe, the veterinary office of the Oberbergische Kreis now warns to increase caution. On Saturday, the virus was detected in an animal in the district Olpe, which is adjacent to the Oberbergische. Since then, more and more cases have been added.
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