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Biosecurity practices can help prevent the introduction and spread of disease, promoting better animal health and welfare, human health, food safety, and the economic benefits of livestock production. Stemming from a joint initiative between the Biosecure project which brought together 17 partners across 12 European countries, and DISCONTOOLS, the research gap database in animal health, this book provides valuable background information which can help to better understand and prioritize biosecurity measures. Driven by an evidence-based and cost-effective approach to biosecurity, it is divided into two sections covering endemic diseases typically present within most countries, and epidemic diseases with the potential for large scale outbreaks. Through a series of disease entries, it: - introduces the diseases of most relevance for the European context;- reviews our current understanding of biosecurity throughout the livestock production chain, and across the principal terrestrial animal species farmed within Europe: poultry, swine, cattle, and small ruminants;- covers the prevalence, risk factors, transmission routes, current control measures and biosecurity, and data for transmission modelling for each disease.By summarizing current knowledge on a range of diseases, this book forms both a useful resource for researchers and professionals in animal disease prevention, and a starting off point for identifying information gaps and requirements for future research.
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Alistair Antonopoulos is a scientific project manager working at Kreavet. He graduated from the University of Glasgow with a PhD in Veterinary Medicine. He previously developed novel molecular diagnostics for anthelmintic resistance and a next-generation sequencing assay to aid in the sustainability of livestock production. Alistair has been involved in multiple multidisciplinary and international projects. In Kreavet, he is contributing to the conduct and development of multi-actor Horizon EU funded projects such as BIOSECURE, focused on improving biosecurity implementation within Europe for sustainable livestock production. As part of the BIOSECURE consortium, Alistair has been involved in the creation of a database of modelling parameters for livestock disease transmission, in addition to stakeholder disease prioritisation exercises at the EU and participating country level.
