#RP_INRAE Peste porcine africaine : des scientifiques d’INRAE, de @envt.bsky.social et de @anses-fr.bsky.social ont créé un modèle original pour évaluer les transmissions entre porcs domestiques et sangliers, mettant en évidence une transmission bidirectionnelle.
👉 url.inrae.fr/4det9nr

A multi-host mechanistic model of African swine fever emergence and control in Romania Nature Communications - African swine fever is an important disease of domestic pigs that can also affect wild boars. Here the authors use a multi-host mechanistic model to investigate the relative...

Thrilled to share our latest pub in @natcomms.nature.com, where we quantify interspecific transmission contributions to ASF epidemic spread. Sincerest thanks to both co-authors and reviewers!

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@timvergne.bsky.social @envt.bsky.social @anses-fr.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social

Congratulations @pierrebessiere.bsky.social @brandonhayes.bsky.social and colleagues on their latest collaboration, here mapping FIV seroprevalence, predictors, and genetic diversity in French cats. Chapeau! @envt.bsky.social

‼️Last week to register‼️ @all-you- talented-math-statistics-computer science-epidemiology-public health groups. Come have fun contributing to HPAI response capacity-building before the next epidemic hits 🐓🦠

Congrats @claireguinat.bsky.social for this important investigation into drivers of avian influenza spread !

Poultry farm density and proximity drive highly pathogenic avian influenza spread - Communications Biology A study using phylodynamics to investigate highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N8 spread in southwestern France in 2020 and 2021 demonstrates that a single introduction led to rapid spread, mainly in duck farms, with farm density driving transmission.

a bit delayed, but still hot: ‪‪A phylodynamic study, conducted in southwestern France, on the importance of farm density when it comes to avian influenza spread: www.nature.com/articles/s42... @claireguinat.bsky.social @epidesa.bsky.social

Interested in showcasing your infectious disease modelling skills? Want to help hone your teams' outbreak response capabilities in a simulated peacetime setting? Registration for the first-ever HPAI Modelling Challenge is now open!

#TrackFLU meet Wildlife Conservation Society Cambodia to discuss how wild bird data could help explain #HPAI virus circulation in domestic birds. Potential collaboration for our next field study later this year! @epidesa.bsky.social @institutpasteur.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social

📢 New paper out! Since Oct 2023, France has vaccinated ducks against HPAI. Outbreaks dropped sharply. We estimated 314–756 outbreaks were expected, but saw 96–99% fewer. Vaccination likely key, but other factors still to explore. doi.org/10.3201/eid3... @epidesa.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social

Biosecurity presentation by Rebecca

Biosecurity presentation by Oksana

Biosecurity presentation by Mattias

🐔🔐 Well done Rebecca, Oksana, and Mattias with excellent presentations at the first conference of the World Animal Biosecurity Association.
From participatory research to practical policy discussion, collective action with farmers policy-makers and researchers is the way forward.

This month, we're hosting Yik Lim Hew, PhD candidate from Hokkaido University 🇯🇵. His research dives into the epidemiology of #HPAI in Japan, and during his stay, he’ll be investigating outbreaks: tracking introductions, regional spread, and species jumps using #phylodynamics.
@epidesa.bsky.social

Spatial risk modelling of highly pathogenic avian influenza in France: Fattening duck farm activity matters In this study, we present a comprehensive analysis of the key spatial risk factors and predictive risk maps for HPAI infection in France, with a focus on the 2016–17 and 2020–21 epidemic waves. Our fi...

📢 New paper out! 🦆
Our latest study on HPAI in France and risk mapping has just been published doi.org/10.1371/jour...
@epidesa.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @anses-fr.bsky.social ENVT ULB

Chuffed to see our colleagues at @bioepar-dynamo.bsky.social have joined up!

Surveillance Strategy in Duck Flocks Vaccinated against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus Duck Flocks Vaccinated against HPAIV

How to conduct #surveillance in duck flocks vaccinated against highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI in order to have sensitive and timely detection of HPAI virus introduction?

👉Better test few dead animals than large samples of live animals

Evidence here: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...

The marathon of celebrations has begun! Happy Xmas (epidemiologic)ugly jumper month!

Looking for an epidemiology PhD and interested in elucidating vaccination strategies against avian influenza? Two exciting projects with great supervisors are currently recruiting!

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Welcome @efsa-eu.bsky.social! If your work is in or tangential to food safety 🥩🦺⛑️, agriculture 🚜🌾, or animal health and welfare 🐮🧑‍🌾, be sure to follow this account for the latest developments in the field

PhD opportunity! In the MSCA Doctoral Network VIVACE, (vivace.hub.inrae.fr/news2) on HPAI transmission modelling to inform poultry vaccination strategies. Supervised by @timvergne.bsky.social (INRAE/ENVT) and Jose Luis Gonzales Rojas @w-u-r.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ycxy8dhm
jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-23143

Très fiers de notre postdoc @sebastienlambert.bsky.social dont l'article publié chez M/S présentant une synthèse des travaux de #recherche sur la transmission de la #brucellose chez les #bouquetins a reçu le grand prix éditorial 2024 du SPEPS !

📰👉 www.medecinesciences.org/fr/articles/...

Hi Rebecca, can you add our lab please? Tx

Thrilled to share our work on the influence of wild boar density on the spread of African swine fever #ASF in northern Italy (Jan 2022 - Sep 2023).
Our model reproduced observed ASF dynamics and showed that wild boar density shaped the second ASF wave only.

www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supportin...

nice work team!

Chuffed to share our latest #EFSA report, investigating the impact of wild boar density on #ASF spread by calibrating a spatially-explicit mechanistic transmission model to high-resolution surveillance data in northern Italy 🕵️🐗🦠🧮🗺️📈
@timvergne.bsky.social @borizook.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yb5s9n6a

Highly pathogenic avian influenza management policy in domestic poultry: from reacting to preventing The emergence of clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses in 2021 has led to unprecedented epidemics in poultry, changing epidemiological patterns of year-round infections ...

Hot from the @eurosurveillance.bsky.social press!

In this perspective article, we discuss the need for a paradigm shift in highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI management #policies. This should impact the way poultry are produced an traded in the future.

Full text: tinyurl.com/mtr3kahd

[PhD position] Please share!

Looking for a motivated PhD candidate to work in our MSCA Doctoral Network #VIVACE (vivace.hub.inrae.fr/news2) on highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI transmission #modelling to inform vaccination strategies.
👉 jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-23143

@inrae-france.bsky.social

Welcome to all the newcomers! I will maintain the list of folks in animal health/animal welfare/veterinary medicine. If you want to be included, please message me or reply to this post and i'll add you. Also, please share with your network!

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