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Biosecurity for Livestock Diseases in Europe
Transmission, Risk Factors, and Modelling
Hardback
April 2025
9781800629813
More details
- Publisher
CABI - Published
4th April - ISBN 9781800629813
- Language English
- Pages 112 pp.
- Size 6" x 9"
$100.00
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.
About the Authors
Foreword
Introduction
1 Principles and Terminology in Biosecurity
Biosecurity: Definition and Its Importance for the Farm and Society
Transmission Routes
The Host, Pathogen and Complex Interactions
Transmission Modelling and Disease Control
2 Endemic Diseases of Livestock
Section 1: Poultry
Coccidiosis
Poultry red mite
Section 2: Swine
Porcine circovirus type II
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
Swine Mycoplasma
Swine pleuropneumonia
Section 3: Cattle
Paratuberculosis
Bovine mycoplasmosis
Staphylococcus aureus mastitis
Bovine respiratory disease complex
Bovine respiratory syncytial virus
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
Bovine viral diarrhoea
Section 4: Small Ruminants
Small ruminant lentiviruses
Contagious agalactia
Section 5: Multiple Species
Nematodes
Liver flukes
3 Epidemic Diseases of Livestock
Rift Valley Fever
African Swine Fever
Peste Des Petits Ruminants
Foot and Mouth Disease
Avian Influenza
Sheep and Goat Pox
Classical Swine Fever
Swine Vesicular Disease
Bluetongue
Lumpy Skin Disease
Avian Infectious Bronchitis
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea Virus
Brucellosis
Index
Alistair Antonopoulos
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 prioritization exercises at the EU and participating country level.
Evelien Biebaut
Evelien Biebaut is a post-doctoral researcher at the Veterinary Epidemiology Unit of Ghent University, currently serving as scientific manager for the Horizon Europe BIOSECURE project. She earned her PhD from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine also at Ghent University, where her research focused on Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infections in pigs, with a particular emphasis on transmission dynamics and immune responses. Passionate about advancing animal health and welfare, Evelien is committed to improving livestock management practices for the benefit of both animals and humans.
Jeroen Dewulf
Jeroen Dewulf serves as a full professor in Veterinary Epidemiology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Ghent University. His primary research interests include antimicrobial use and resistance in animals, as well as the prevention of epidemic and endemic diseases with an emphasis on biosecurity. He is passionate about turning data in to veterinary expertise and policy for the benefit of animal and human health. He is a prolific author with (co-)authorship of over 400 A1 publications in the field. Recently, he co-founded the spin-off company Biocheck.Gent and coordinates the EU research consortium BIOSECURE, which focuses on cutting-edge research in biosecurity in terrestrial animal production.
Johannes Charlier
Johannes Charlier is a veterinary scientist and regularly invited speaker at international workshops or conferences. After a career of 13 years as veterinary parasitologist at Ghent University, and 2 years as scientific director in Avia-GIS, he founded the research agency Kreavet in 2017. He described his view on sustainable parasite and animal health management in a series of recognized review and opinion papers. The principles of those papers are a guideline for the development and strategies of Kreavet. Johannes is a EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Parasitology and received several scientific awards for his contributions to veterinary parasitology and epidemiology. He is (technical) coordinator of European funded projects including the secretariat of the STAR-IDAZ IRC, SPARC and DISCONTOOLS. He sits on the board of various scientific organizations and periodically acts as (guest-)editor for scientific journals.
biosecurity; livestock disease; veterinary biosecurity; poultry disease; pig disease; cattle disease; ruminant disease; goat disease; sheep disease; nematodes; liver fluke; rift valley fever; african swine fever; peste des petits ruminants; foot and mouth disease; avian influenza; sheep and goat pox; classical swine fever; swine vesicular disease; bluetongue; lumpy skin disease; avian infectious bronchitis; porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus; brucellosis; disease modelling; animal disease; disease transmission; livestock disease in Europe