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Novel Epidemiological Tools for Disease Control and Prevention in Food Animals

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal System and Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2024) | Viewed by 4980

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Dr. Laura Huber

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Interests: molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance
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Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to contribute a paper to be included in the Special Issue “Novel Epidemiological Tools for Disease Control and Prevention in Food Animals”. This Special Issue will focus on novel epidemiological tools to rapidly identify, contain, and predict diseases in food animals. We aim to find applicable tools to improve the economy; reduce contamination and waste; reduce the spread of disease between animals, humans and the environment; and enhance animal welfare. The issue will build from the existing literature to enhance the applicability of methods in the field.

We hope that you accept this offer and help us build a Special Issue that will enhance animal production and welfare. Your valuable contribution will be deeply appreciated.

Dr. Laura Huber
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • surveillance
  • machine learning
  • forecasting models
  • surveys
  • sequencing database
  • big data analysis
  • environmental sampling
  • microbiology
  • parasitology
  • antimicrobial resistance
  • emerging infectious diseases
  • economy

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Establishment and Application of Mismatch Amplification Mutation Assay-PCR for Rapid Detection and Differentiation of Duck Hepatitis A Virus-1 Attenuated Vaccine and Wild Strains
by Cheng-Dong Yu, Yu-Ri Choi, Jong-Yeol Park, Sang-Won Kim, Se-Yeoun Cha, Hyung-Kwan Jang, Min Kang and Bai Wei
Animals 2024, 14(18), 2733; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14182733 - 21 Sep 2024
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Duck hepatitis A virus type 1 (DHAV-1) is the main pathogen causing viral hepatitis in ducks, marked by high contagion and acute mortality. Live attenuated DHAV-1 vaccines are widely used to control the disease. This study aims to develop a mismatch amplification mutation [...] Read more.
Duck hepatitis A virus type 1 (DHAV-1) is the main pathogen causing viral hepatitis in ducks, marked by high contagion and acute mortality. Live attenuated DHAV-1 vaccines are widely used to control the disease. This study aims to develop a mismatch amplification mutation assay (MAMA)-PCR for the rapid detection and differentiation of Korean DHAV-1 wild-type strains from vaccine strains. A MAMA primer was designed to target a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) at position 2276 within the VP1 gene, allowing differentiation in a single PCR reaction. The MAMA-PCR accurately identified both strains, with detection limits of 100.5 ELD50/mL and 102.3 ELD50/mL, respectively. The MAMA-PCR demonstrated specificity, showing no cross-reactivity with 12 other viral and bacterial pathogens. The MAMA-PCR was applied to 89 farms, yielding results consistent with nested-PCR and sequence determination, identifying four positive farms for DHAV-1 vaccine strains. In conclusion, this study is the first to employ the MAMA-PCR method to distinguish between DHAV-1 wild-type and vaccine strains. The developed method is rapid, simple, specific, and sensitive, thereby serving as an effective tool for clinical diagnostics in identifying and differentiating between Korean DHAV-1 wild-type and vaccine strains. Full article
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Epidemiology and Scenario Simulations of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) Disease Spread and Control for Dromedary Camels in United Arab Emirates (UAE)
by Magdi Mohamed Ali, Eihab Fathelrahman, Adil I. El Awad, Yassir M. Eltahir, Raeda Osman, Youssef El-Khatib, Rami H. AlRifai, Mohamed El Sadig, Abdelmalik Ibrahim Khalafalla and Aaron Reeves
Animals 2024, 14(3), 362; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14030362 - 23 Jan 2024
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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) is a coronavirus-caused viral respiratory infection initially detected in Saudi Arabia in 2012. In UAE, high seroprevalence (97.1) of MERS-CoV in camels was reported in several Emirate of Abu Dhabi studies, including camels in zoos, public escorts, and [...] Read more.
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) is a coronavirus-caused viral respiratory infection initially detected in Saudi Arabia in 2012. In UAE, high seroprevalence (97.1) of MERS-CoV in camels was reported in several Emirate of Abu Dhabi studies, including camels in zoos, public escorts, and slaughterhouses. The objectives of this research include simulation of MERS-CoV spread using a customized animal disease spread model (i.e., customized stochastic model for the UAE; analyzing the MERS-CoV spread and prevalence based on camels age groups and identifying the optimum control MERS-CoV strategy. This study found that controlling animal mobility is the best management technique for minimizing epidemic length and the number of affected farms. This study also found that disease dissemination differs amongst camels of three ages: camel kids under the age of one, young camels aged one to four, and adult camels aged four and up; because of their immunological state, kids, as well as adults, had greater infection rates. To save immunization costs, it is advised that certain age groups be targeted and that intense ad hoc unexpected vaccinations be avoided. According to the study, choosing the best technique must consider both efficacy and cost. Full article
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Identification of Pre-Emptive Biosecurity Zone Areas for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Based on Machine Learning-Driven Risk Analysis
by Kwang-Myung Jeon, Jinwoo Jung, Chang-Min Lee and Dae-Sung Yoo
Animals 2023, 13(23), 3728; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13233728 - 1 Dec 2023
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Over the last decade, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has severely affected poultry production systems across the globe. In particular, massive pre-emptive depopulation of all poultry within a certain distance has raised concerns regarding animal welfare and food security. Thus, alternative approaches to [...] Read more.
Over the last decade, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has severely affected poultry production systems across the globe. In particular, massive pre-emptive depopulation of all poultry within a certain distance has raised concerns regarding animal welfare and food security. Thus, alternative approaches to reducing unnecessary depopulation, such as risk-based depopulation, are highly demanded. This paper proposes a data-driven method to generate a rule table and risk score for each farm to identify preventive measures against HPAI. To evaluate the proposed method, 105 cases of HPAI occurring in a total of 381 farms in Jeollanam-do from 2014 to 2023 were evaluated. The accuracy of preventive measure identification was assessed for each case using both the conventional culling method and the proposed data-driven method. The evaluation showed that the proposed method achieved an accuracy of 84.19%, significantly surpassing the previous 10.37%. The result was attributed to the proposed method reducing the false-positive rate by 83.61% compared with the conventional method, thereby enhancing the reliability of identification. The proposed method is expected to be utilized in selecting farms for monitoring and management of HPAI. Full article
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