دورية أكاديمية
Assessing the effectiveness of prophylactic treatment strategies for sheep scab.
العنوان: | Assessing the effectiveness of prophylactic treatment strategies for sheep scab. |
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المؤلفون: | Nixon EJ; Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK. Electronic address: emily.nixon@liverpool.ac.uk., Brooks-Pollock E; School of Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Behavioural Science and Evaluation at University of Bristol, Bristol, UK., Wall R; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK. |
المصدر: | Veterinary parasitology [Vet Parasitol] 2022 Dec; Vol. 312, pp. 109822. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 19. |
نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
اللغة: | English |
بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 7602745 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-2550 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 03044017 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Vet Parasitol Subsets: MEDLINE |
أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: Amsterdam : Elsevier Original Publication: Amsterdam : Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co. |
مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Mite Infestations*/prevention & control , Mite Infestations*/veterinary , Mite Infestations*/drug therapy , Acaricides*/therapeutic use , Sheep Diseases*/parasitology , Psoroptidae* , Mites* , Ectoparasitic Infestations*/veterinary, Sheep ; Animals ; Allergens |
مستخلص: | Ovine psoroptic mange (sheep scab) is a condition caused by a hypersensitivity response to the ectoparasitic mite, Psoroptes ovis. It is an animal welfare concern and causes extensive economic losses to the sheep industry worldwide. More effective scab management is required to limit increases in infection prevalence, particularly given growing concerns over acaricide resistance. Here, a stochastic metapopulation model is used to explore the effectiveness of a range of prophylactic acaricide treatment strategies in comparison to no intervention. Over a simulated one-year period, movement control, based on the prophylactic treatment of animals being moved in sales, followed by farm biosecurity of bought in animals, was shown to be the most effective at reducing scab risk and more cost-effective than no intervention. Localised targeting of prophylaxis in areas of high scab prevalence was more effective than using prophylaxis at random, however, this localised effect declined post-treatment because of the import of infected animals. The analysis highlights the role of the movement of infected animals in maintaining high levels of scab infection and the importance of reducing this route of transmission to allow localised management to be effective. Competing Interests: Conflict of interest The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. (Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.) |
فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Infection control; Livestock disease; Mathematical modelling; Psoroptes ovis |
المشرفين على المادة: | 0 (Acaricides) 0 (Allergens) |
تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20221029 Date Completed: 20221205 Latest Revision: 20221205 |
رمز التحديث: | 20221205 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.vetpar.2022.109822 |
PMID: | 36308896 |
قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
تدمد: | 1873-2550 |
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DOI: | 10.1016/j.vetpar.2022.109822 |