Evaluating the bovine tuberculosis eradication mechanism and its risk factors in England’s cattle farms

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dc.contributor.authorSedighi, Tabassom
dc.contributor.authorVarga, Liz
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-15T14:55:47Z
dc.date.available2021-04-15T14:55:47Z
dc.date.issued2021-03-26
dc.description.abstractControlling bovine tuberculosis (bTB) disease in cattle farms in England is seen as a challenge for farmers, animal health, environment and policy-makers. The difficulty in diagnosis and controlling bTB comes from a variety of factors: the lack of an accurate diagnostic test which is higher in specificity than the currently available skin test; isolation periods for purchased cattle; and the density of active badgers, especially in high-risk areas. In this paper, to enable the complex evaluation of bTB disease, a dynamic Bayesian network (DBN) is designed with the help of domain experts and available historical data. A significant advantage of this approach is that it represents bTB as a dynamic process that evolves periodically, capturing the actual experience of testing and infection over time. Moreover, the model demonstrates the influence of particular risk factors upon the risk of bTB breakdown in cattle farms.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationSedighi T, Varga L. (2021) Evaluating the bovine tuberculosis eradication mechanism and its risk factors in England’s cattle farms. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 18, Issue 7, April 2021, Article number 3451en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073451
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/16581
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherMDPIen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectsensitivity analysisen_UK
dc.subjectbovine tuberculosisen_UK
dc.subjectdynamic bayesian networken_UK
dc.subjectinfectious disease modellingen_UK
dc.titleEvaluating the bovine tuberculosis eradication mechanism and its risk factors in England’s cattle farmsen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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