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Avian influenza in Ireland: a spatiotemporal, subtype and host-based analysis (1983-2024)
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Avian Influenza in Ireland: A Spatiotemporal, Subtype, and Host-Based Analysis (1983-2024)
Abstract Avian influenza virus (AIV) is a significant global concern, causing widespread mortality in wild birds, domestic poultry and most recently wild and domestic mammals. This study presents a retrospective analysis of AIV detections in the Republic of Ireland. Data was sourced from official surveillance databases, peer-reviewed literature and grey literature sources.
A survey of Irish red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) to establish the prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis - Irish Veterinary Journal
References O’Reilly LM, Daborn CJ. The epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis infection in animals and man: a review. Tubercle and Lung Disease. 1995;76(1):1–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/0962-8479(95)90591-x Corner LAL. The role of wild animal populations in the epidemiology of tuberculosis in domestic animals: how to assess the risk. Vet Microbiol. 2006;112(2–4):303–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2005.11.015.
The bovine tuberculosis cluster in north County Sligo during 2014-16
This paper describes a substantial outbreak over a 3-year period. A coordinated area-based approach was a key feature of the outbreak, and substantial resources were applied to bring the outbreak under control. As yet, no definitive source was identified, nor reasons why a substantial number of herds were infected over a relatively short period. Past bTB history may have played a role, as bTB has been endemic in Ireland for many decades, including in north Co. Sligo during the years prior to 2014.
Visualising cattle movement in Ireland
Trade is an integral part of the cattle industry in Ireland. It is driven by seasonal supply and demand relating to farm enterprise type and market prices. More than half of this trade is through markets, the remainder being direct farm-to-farm sales, some of which are now mediated through online dealers. All movements of cattle in Ireland are recorded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and are represented in publicly available annual summary statistics.
A visual representation of cattle movement in Ireland during 2016
Limited studies have been done on cattle movements in Ireland, despite the availability of data on all cattle movements and births going back to the year 2000. To date, this has been limited to investigations of movements in a specific area of Ireland [22] or with specific age groups of cattle [23].
Antibodies to Coxiella burnetii in Irish bulk tank milk samples
Coxiella burnetii is the aetiological agent of Q fever, a zoonotic disease with a worldwide distribution whose main reservoirs are goats, sheep and cattle.1 In ruminants, infection can cause abortion and reproductive problems, with large numbers of infectious organisms shed at parturition, in milk and in urine and faeces.
Hypothetical route of the introduction of Schmallenberg virus into Ireland using two complementary analyses
The involvement of vectors in disease spread introduces transmission routes quite independent of direct inter-ruminant contacts or movements. Small infected insects such as Culicoides can be subject to long-distance displacement of several hundred kilometres 7 by suitable wind flows. SBV expanded across continental Europe relatively quickly, 8 with almost all European countries reporting its circulation.
Antibodies to Coxiella burnetii in Irish bulk tank milk samples
Coxiella burnetii is the aetiological agent of Q fever, a zoonotic disease with a worldwide distribution whose main reservoirs are goats, sheep and cattle.1 In ruminants, infection can cause abortion and reproductive problems, with large numbers of infectious organisms shed at parturition, in milk and in urine and faeces.
Hypothetical route of the introduction of Schmallenberg virus into Ireland using two complementary analyses
The involvement of vectors in disease spread introduces transmission routes quite independent of direct inter-ruminant contacts or movements. Small infected insects such as Culicoides can be subject to long-distance displacement of several hundred kilometres 7 by suitable wind flows. SBV expanded across continental Europe relatively quickly, 8 with almost all European countries reporting its circulation.
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