Carslake, David, Grant, Wyn, Green, Laura E., Cave, Jonathan A. K., 1951-, Greaves, Justin, Keeling, Matthew James, McEldowney, John F., Weldegebriel, Habtu Tadesse and Medley, Graham. (2011) Endemic cattle diseases : comparative epidemiology and governance. Royal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions B. Biological Sciences, Vol.366 (No.1573). pp. 1975-1986. ISSN 1471-2970

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Abstract

Cattle are infected by a community of endemic pathogens with different epidemiological properties which invoke different managerial and governmental responses. We present characteristics of pathogens that influence their ability to persist in the UK, and describe a qualitative framework of factors that influence the political response to a livestock disease. We develop simple transmission models for three pathogens (bovine viral diarrhoea virus, bovine herpesvirus and Mycobacterium avium spp paratuberculosis) using observed cattle movements, and compare the outcomes to an extensive dataset. The results demonstrate that the epidemiology of the three pathogens is determined by different aspects of within and between farm processes, which has economic, legal and political implications for control. We consider how these pathogens, and Mycobacterium bovis (the agent of bovine tuberculosis), may be classified by the process by which they persist and by their political profile. We further consider the dynamic interaction of these classifications with pathogen prevalence and with the action taken by government.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology S Agriculture > SF Animal culture
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > Law Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) Faculty of Science > Mathematics Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Cattle -- Diseases, Cattle -- Pathogens, Cattle -- Mathematical models, Animals -- Diseases -- Government policy
Journal or Publication Title:	Royal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions B. Biological Sciences
Publisher:	The Royal Society Publishing
ISSN:	1471-2970
Date:	12 July 2011
Volume:	Vol.366
Number:	No.1573
Page Range:	pp. 1975-1986
Identification Number:	10.1098/rstb.2010.0396
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	Natural Environment Research Council (Great Britain) (NERC), Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Great Britain) (BBSRC), Great Britain. Dept. for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Scotland
Grant number:	RES -229-25-0016 (ESRC, BBSRC, NERC, DEFRA, Scotland), SE3026 (DEFRA), BBS/B/04854 (BBSRC)
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