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Decision-making in livestock biosecurity practices amidst environmental and social uncertainty: Evidence from an experimental game.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Livestock industries are vulnerable to disease threats, which can cost billions of dollars and have substantial negative social ramifications. Losses are mitigated through increased use of disease-related biosecurity practices, making increased ...
Scott C Merrill, Christopher J Koliba, Susan M Moegenburg, Asim Zia, Jason Parker, Timothy Sellnow, Serge Wiltshire, Gabriela Bucini, Caitlin Danehy, Julia M Smith   +9 more
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Potential applications of randomised graph sampling to invasive species surveillance and monitoring. [PDF]

, 2010
Many invasive plants and animals disperse preferentially through linear networks in the landscape, including road networks, riparian corridors, and power transmission lines. Unless the network of interest is small, or the budget for surveillance is large,
Ducey, Mark J., O\u27Brien, Kathleen M.
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The adoption of biosecurity measures and its influencing factors in Bangladeshi layer farms

Discover Sustainability
Developing nations like Bangladesh are particularly vulnerable to poultry diseases, notably Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Adopting biosecurity approaches that assist farms in disease control and prevention can decrease the industry-wide ...
Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Ismat Ara Begum, Md. Abdullah Al Mamun, Md. Asif Iqbal, Andrew M. McKenzie   +4 more
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Higher biosecurity level was associated with reduced risk of Danish dairy cattle farms becoming test-positive for Salmonella Dublin in a nested case–control study

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Salmonella Dublin (S. Dublin) is a cattle-adapted bacterium with enzootic occurrence in cattle populations of many countries. Preventing the spread of S.
Lars Pedersen, Lars Pedersen, Hans Houe, Erik Rattenborg, Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen   +4 more
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Biosecurity measures for the prevention of African swine fever on German pig farms: comparison of farmers’ own appraisals and external veterinary experts’ evaluations

Porcine Health Management
Background Since its first introduction into the German wild boar population in 2020, African swine fever (ASF) has been spreading slowly from the eastern border westwards and has been introduced into eight domestic pig farms thus far.
Leonie Klein, Ursula Gerdes, Sandra Blome, Amely Campe, Elisabeth grosse Beilage   +4 more
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Oligosaccharide profiles of Asian commercial honeys [PDF]

, 2012
As part of the development of a method to detect honey in imported materials, a database of the oligosaccharide composition of a range of Asian commercial honeys has been prepared.
Dumté, Mérine Emilie Jennifer, Manley-Harris, Merilyn   +1 more
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Kirramyces destructans in Australia: biosecurity threat or elusive native pathogen? [PDF]

, 2008
Kirramyces destructans was first described in 1996 from north Sumatra, Indonesia, where it caused severe leaf and shoot blight on Eucalyptus grandis in nurseries and young plantations.
Andjic, V., Burgess, T.I., Dell, B., Hardy, G.E.St.J., Wingfield, M.J.   +4 more
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Plant biosecurity and One Health: government and industry roles as risk creators and mitigators

One Health Outlook
The One Health concept highlights the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health and places significant importance on plant biosecurity.
John I. Alawneh, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan, James Camac, Lois Ransom, James Planck, Susan C. Porchun, Michael Reid, Rachel Chay   +7 more
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Biosecurity Practices on Small- and Medium-Scale Dairy Farms in Northern Kosovo: A Risk-Based Scoring Assessment

Agriculture
Biosecurity plays a central role in preventing disease transmission in dairy production systems and animal welfare. However, quantitative data on biosecurity implementation in smallholder and medium-scale dairy farms remains inconsistent, especially in ...
Blerta Mehmedi, Diellor Voca, Curtis R. Youngs, Claude Saegerman, Arben Sinani, Behlul Behluli, Sadik Heta, Armend Cana   +7 more
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Workshop and desk study to appraise technical difficulties associated with organic breeder flocks and organic hatching [PDF]

, 2003
BACKGROUND To date, Regulation (EC) 1804/1999 and UKROFS Standards allow conventionally produced day old chicks up to three days of age to be brought into systems of organic table chicken production.
Gordon, S
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