Publication: The implementation of cattle market closure strategies to mitigate the foot-and-mouth disease epidemics: A contact modeling approach
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2018-12-01
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Mahidol University
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Research in Veterinary Science. Vol.121, (2018), 76-84
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Anuwat Wiratsudakul, Satoshi Sekiguchi The implementation of cattle market closure strategies to mitigate the foot-and-mouth disease epidemics: A contact modeling approach. Research in Veterinary Science. Vol.121, (2018), 76-84. doi:10.1016/j.rvsc.2018.10.007 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/47451
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The implementation of cattle market closure strategies to mitigate the foot-and-mouth disease epidemics: A contact modeling approach
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© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is one of the most endemic diseases in livestock worldwide. The disease occurrence generally results in a huge economic impact. The virus may distribute across countries or even continents along the contact network of animal movements. The present study, therefore, aimed to explore a cattle movement network originated in Tak, a Thailand-Myanmar bordered province and to demonstrate how FMDV spread among the nodes of market, source and destination. Subsequently, we examined the effectiveness of market closure intervention. The market-market (M-M) network was constructed to highlight the inter-market connections and the FMDV was modeled to spread along the trade chain. Four market closure scenarios based on rapidness and duration of implementation were examined. Our results indicate that two of the three major markets located in the province were highly connected and a strongly connected component was identified. The intra-provincial animal movements, which were currently overlooked, should be moved into sights as most of the high-risk sources for FMD epidemics were recognized in a close proximity to the cattle markets. Simultaneously, remote destinations across the country were identified. The inter-provincial animal movement control must be strengthened once FMD outbreak is notified. Based on our simulations, closing markets with low inter-market connectivity may not prevent the spread of FMDV. A selective market closure strategy targeting highly connected markets together with cattle trader tracking system was an alternative approach. However, socio-economic consequences regarding this intervention must be considered.