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Endemic cattle diseases : comparative epidemiology and governance
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Carslake, David, Grant, Wyn, Green, Laura E., Cave, Jonathan A. K., 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. doi:10.1098/rstb.2010.0396 ISSN 1471-2970.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0396
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 | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology S Agriculture > SF Animal culture |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Mathematics Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies |
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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 | ||||
Official Date: | 12 July 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.366 | ||||
Number: | No.1573 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1975-1986 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1098/rstb.2010.0396 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 16 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 16 December 2015 | ||||
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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