Classification of donkey systems in Ethiopia

A new publication from GBADs written by Girma Birhan Asteraye, Ruth Jobling, Wudu Temesgen Jemberu, Gina Pinchbeck, Theodore Knight-Jones, Rob ...

Estimating sectoral livestock biomass and stock value using data from national diseases eradication programs: a case study based on the Irish cattle herd from 2011 to 2021

A new publication from GBADs written by Emma-Jane Murray, Eoin Ryan, Jonathan Rushton, Jamie A. Tratalos, Jonas Brock, Elaine Tarrant, ...

Agricultural production, practices and challenges: Global livestock production—The past, present and future

A new publication from GBADs written by Kieran Simpkins, Oscar Bucherer-Ezer, Emma-Jane Murray, and Jonathan Rushton is now available here ...

Farm‑level livestock loss and risk factors in Ethiopian livestock production systems

A new publication from GBADs written by Yin Li, Wudu Temesgen Jemberu, and Dianne Mayberry is now available here. Abstract ...

A framework for handling uncertainty in a large-scale programme estimating the Global Burden of Animal Diseases

A new publication from GBADs by Helen Clough, Gemma Chaters, Arie Havelaar, K. Marie McIntyre, Thomas Marsh, Ellen Hughes, Wudu ...

Economic impact of chicken diseases and other causes of morbidity or mortality in backyard farms in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A new publication from GBADs by Violeta Muñoz-Gómez, Alexandra P. M. Shaw, Kuban Abdykerimov, Mahmoud Abo-Shehada, Faraz Bulbuli, Duriya Charypkhan, ...

Zoonoses and Public Health: Volume 72, Issue 1

A new publication from GBADs by Cecilia Baumberger, Gustavo Anríquez, Pablo Galdames, Tamara Palma, María Antonieta Gonzalez, Katherinne Orozco, Cristobal ...

A framework for quantifying the multisectoral burden of animal disease to support decision making

A new publication from GBADs by Sara Lysholm, Gemma Chaters, Carlotta Di Bari, Ellen Hughes, Ben Huntington, Jonathan Rushton and ...

Economic effects of livestock disease burden in Ethiopia: A computable general equilibrium analysis

A new publication from GBADs Amanda M Countryman, Taís C. de Menezes, Dustin L Pendell, Jonathan Rushton, and Thomas L ...

Economic assessment of animal disease burden in Senegalese small ruminants

A new publication from Anne Meyer, Bakary Ndiaye, Andrew Larkins, Gemma Chaters, Will Gilbert, Ben Huntington, Guy Ilboudo, Michel Dione, ...

The burden of antimicrobial resistance in livestock: A framework to estimate its impact within the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme

A new publication from Sara Babo Martins, João Sucena Afonso, Christina Fastl, Ben Huntington and Jonatan Rushton has recently been published ...

Camels in Ethiopia: An overview of demography, productivity, socio-economic value and diseases

A new report by GBADs on showing the critical role of Ethiopia's camels in sustaining pastoral communities and the national ...

Global and regional prediction of heterakidosis population prevalence in extensive backyard chickens in low-income and middle-income countries

A new publication from Violeta Muñoz-Gómez & Paul Torgerson has recently been published. Titled "Global and regional prediction of heterakidosis ...

The Importance of Economic Assessments to Support Changes in Livestock Farming Practices: A Focus on Antimicrobial Use

A new publication from João Sucena Afonso & Jonathan Rushton has recently been published. Titled "The Importance of Economic Assessments ...

Using priorities between human and livestock bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to identify data gaps in livestock AMR surveillance

A new publication from Narmada Venkateswaran, Lucien R Swetschinski, Christina Fastl, Carlotta Di Bari, Nicola G. Criscuolo, Ranya Mulchandani, Cheng ...

Identifying Inconsistencies in Data Quality Between FAOSTAT, WOAH, UN Agriculture Census and National Data

A new publication from Ian McKechnie, Kassy Raymond, and Deborah Stacey has recently been published. Titled 'Identifying Inconsistencies in Data ...

Prioritization, resource allocation and utilization of decision support tools in animal health: Results of qualitative interviews with experts

A new publication from Kebede Amenu, Chris Daborn, Benjamin Huntington, Theodore Knight-Jones, Jonathan Rushton, and Delia Grace has recently been ...

WOAH Volume 43 of the Scientific and Technical Review on ‘Global Burden of Animal Diseases’

The WOAH Scientific and Technical Review, Vol.43 on 'Global Burden of Animal Diseases’ is now available online here.The edition is ...

Global and regional prediction of coccidiosis and ascaridiosis prevalence in extensive backyard chickens in low-income and middle-income countries

A new publication from Violeta Muñoz-Gómez, Tia Ma, Yin Li, Philip Rasmussen & Paul Torgerson has recently been published. Titled ...

Economics of reducing response time to foreign-animal disease in the United States with point-of-care diagnostic tests

A new publication from Ashley F. Railey, David Admason, Heather L. Simmons and Jonathan Rushton has recently been published. Titled ...

Economic losses due to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Ethiopian cattle

A new publication from Philip Rasmussen, A.P. Shaw, W. T. Jemberu, T. Knight-Jones, B. Conrady, O.O. Apenteng, Y.Cheng, V.Munoz, J ...

Setting the boundaries–an approach to estimate the Loss Gap in dairy cattle

A new publication from Joao Sucena Afonso, Will Gilbert, Georgios Oikonomou and Jonathan Rushton has recently been published. Titled 'Setting ...

The one-humped wonder: Ethiopia’s camels in focus

Prof Kebede Amenu, Dr Theo Knight–Jones and Prof Wudu T Jemberu, who all represent GBADs' Ethiopia Case Study in ILRI, ...

Global losses due to dairy cattle diseases: A comorbidity-adjusted economic analysis

A new publication from Philip Rasmussen, Herman W Barkema, Prince P. Osei, James Taylor, Alexandra P. Shaw, Beate Conrady, Gemma ...

Quantifying cost of disease in livestock: a new metric for the Global Burden of Animal Diseases

A new publication from William Gilbert, Thomas L Marsh, Gemma Chaters, Wudu T Jemberu, Mieghan Bruce, Wilma Steeneveld, Joao S ...

Population, distribution, biomass, and economic value of Equids in Ethiopia

A new publication from Girma Asteraye, Gina Pinchbeck, Theo Knight-Jones, Klara Saville, Wudu Temesgen, Alemayehu Hailemariam and Jonathan Rushton has recently ...

Calculation of livestock biomass and value by province in Indonesia: Key information to support policymaking

A new publication from Dominic Smith, Nyak Ilham, Riyandini Putri, Ermin Widjaja, Widagdo Sri Nugroho, Tarni Cooper, Harimurti Nuradji, Ni ...

Prediction of coccidiosis prevalence in extensive backyard chickens in countries and regions of the Horn of Africa

A new publication from Violeta Muñoz-Gómez, Reinhard Furrer, Jie Yin, Alexandra PM Shaw, Phil Rasmussen and Paul Torgerson has recently ...

Current and potential use of animal disease data by stakeholders in the global south and north

A new publication from Delia Grace, Theo Knight-Jones, Achenef Melaku, Robyn Alders and  Wudu Temesgen, has recently been published. Titled ...

The Public Health Importance and Management of Infectious Poultry Diseases in Smallholder Systems in Africa

A new publication from Delia Grace, Theo Knight-Jones, Achenef Melaku, Robyn Alders and  Wudu Temesgen, has recently been published. Titled ...

Rationalising development of classification systems describing livestock production systems for disease burden analysis within the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme

A new publication from Yin Li, Marie McIntyre, Philip Rasmussen, Will Gilbert, Gemma Chaters, Kassy Raymod, Wudu Temesgen, Andrew Larkins, ...

Attributing Ethiopian animal health losses to high-level causes using expert elicitation

Congratulations to Andrew Larkins, Wudu Temesgen, Gemma Chaters, Carlotta Di Bari, Stephen Kwok, Theo Knight-Jones and Mieghan Bruce for their ...

Strategies to reduce antimicrobials in livestock and aquaculture, and their impact under field conditions: a structured scoping literature review

Congratulations to João Sucena Afonso, Mahmoud El Tholth, K Marie Mcintyre, Luís Pedro Carmo, Lucy Coyne, Diego Manriquez, Didier Raboisson, ...

A Cost–Benefit Analysis of Preparing National Veterinary Services for Transboundary Animal Disease Emergencies

Congratulations to Will Gilbert, David Adamson, Daniel Donachie, Keith Hamilton and Jonathan Rushton who have had the following publication ‘A Cost–Benefit Analysis ...

On-farm investments into dairy cow health: evidence from 15 case study countries

Congratulations to Peggy Schrobback, Carlos Gonzalez Fischer, Di Mayberry and Mario Herrero, all in affiliation with GBADs, who have had the following ...

The economic impact of endemic respiratory disease in pigs and related interventions- a systematic review

Congratulations to Marloes Boeters, Beatriz Garcia-Morante, Gerdien Van Schaik, Joaquin Segales, Jonathan Rushton and Wilma Steeneveld who have had the ...

Livestock health and disease economics: a scoping review of selected literature

Congratulations to Alexander Kappes, Takesure Toozooneyi, Golam Shakil, Ashley F. Railey, K. Marie McIntyre, Di Mayberry,  Jonathan Rushton, Dustin Pendell ...

Approximating the global economic (market) value of farmed animals

Congratulations to Peggy Schrobback, Gabriel Dennis, Yin Li, Dianne Mayberry, Alexandra Shaw, Theodore Knight-Jones, Thomas Lloyd Marsh, Dustin L. Pendell, ...

Defining and averting syndemic pathways in aquaculture: a major global food sector

Prof. Jonathan Rushton, GBADs Director, was involved in the recent article 'Defining and averting syndemic pathways in aquaculture: a major global ...

Characterizing Ethiopian cattle production systems for disease burden analysis

Congratulations to Yin Li, Di Mayberry, Peggy Schrobback (CSIRO), Wudu Temsegen, Theo Knight-Jones (ILRI), Mario Herrero (Cornell University), Gemma Chaters ...

Animal sources of antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections in humans: a systematic review

A new publication from GBADs written by Christina Fastl, Helena C. De Carvalho Ferreira (Fisheries and Food), Sara Babo Martins, ...

The global burden of neglected zoonotic diseases: Current state of evidence

Congratulations to Carlotta Di Bari, Narmada Venkateswaran, Christina Fastl, Sarah Gabriël, Delia Grace, Arie H. Havelaar, Ben Huntington, Grace T ...

Burden of Zoonoses: Making Sense and Acting on the Socio-economic Impact of Zoonoses in Our Food Systems

Dr. Sara Babo Martins (University of Geneva), Prof. Jonathan Rushton and Peregrine Rothman-Ostrow (University of Liverpool), of the GBADs programme, ...

Informatics progress of the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme towards data for One Health

Kassy Raymond, Nelia Ben Sassi, Grace Patterson, Ben Huntington, Jonathan Rushton, Deb Stacey, and Theresa Bernardo of the GBADs programme ...

Methodological choices in brucellosis burden of disease assessments: A systematic review

Carlotta Di Bari, Narmada Venkateswaran, Mieghan Bruce, Christina Fastl, Ben Huntington, Grace Patterson, Jonathan Rushton, Paul Torgerson, David Pigott and ...

Population, biomass, and economic value of small ruminants in Ethiopia

Wudu Temsegen Jemberu, Yin Li, Wondwosen Asfaw, Dianne Mayberry, Peggy Schrobback, Jonathan Rushton and Theo Knight-Jones have had the following ...

A scoping review of burden of disease studies estimating disability-adjusted life years due to Taenia solium

Andrew Larkins, Mieghan Bruce, Carlotta Di Bari, Brecht Devleesschauwer, David M. Pigott and Amanda Ash have had the following publication ...

Estimating the burden of multiple endemic diseases and health conditions using Bayes’ Theorem: A conditional probability model applied to UK dairy cattle

Phillip Rasmussen, University of Zurich, has recently had his comorbidity paper published online. You can find this here.  Phil is one ...

From FAIR to FAIRS: Data security by design for the global burden of animal diseases

Deborah Stacey, Kenneth Wulff, Nidhip Chikhalla and Theresa Bernardo have had the following publication published online. You can find the ...

Diagnosis of Bovine Digital Dermatitis: Exploring the Usefulness of Indirect ELISA

João Sucena Afonso, Georgios Oikonomou, Stuart Carter, Helen Clough, Bethany E. Griffiths and Jonathan Rushton of the University of Liverpool, ...

Veterinary Services in a changing world: climate change and other external factors

The full issue of the Scientific and Technical Review, volume 40 (2) on ‘Veterinary Services in a changing world: climate ...

OIE Panoroma 2021, Global Burden of Animal Diseases

World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) have recently published the 2021 edition Panorama which includes the Global Burden of Animal ...

Small-scale commercial chicken production: A risky business for farmers in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

Dinh Bao Truong, Nguyen Van Cuong, Phu Hoang Doan, Nguyen Thi Thug Dung, Bach Tuan Kiet, Jonathan Rushton, and Juan ...

Economic Considerations for Advancement through the Progressive Control Pathway: Cost-Benefit Analysis of an FMD disease free zone in Punjab Province, Pakistan

Nicholas A. Lyons (University of Liverpool and FAO Italy), Muhammed Afzal (FAO Pakistan), Farrukh Toirov (FAO Pakistan), Aamer (FAO Pakistan) ...

Global Burden of Animal Diseases: A novel approach to understanding and managing disease in livestock and aquaculture

Ben Huntington (University of Liverpool), Theresa Bernardo (Univeristy of Guelph), Mieghan Bruce (Murdoch University), Brecht Devleesschauwer (Sciensano), William Gilbert (University ...

The Nairobi Pork Value Chain: Mapping and Assessment of Governance, Challenges, and Food Safety Issues

Murungi Maurice Karani, Dishon Muloi, Patrick Muinde (ILRI), Samuel Maina Githigia (University of Nairobi), James Akoko (ILRI), Eric M. Fèvre ...

Roll-out of the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme

Jonathan Rushton, Ben Huntington, Will Gilbert, Mario Herrero, Paul Torgerson, Alexandra Shaw, Mieghan Bruce, Tom Marsh, Dustin Pendell, Theresa Bernardo, ...

Economic assessment of African horse sickness vaccine impact

Elizabeth Redmond, Derrick Jones and Jonathan Rushton have collaborated to produce the now published article Economic assessment of African horse sickness ...

COVID-19—Zoonosis or Emerging Infectious Disease?

Najmul Haider (The Royal Veterinary College, University of London), Peregrine Rothman-Ostrow (Global Burden of Animal Diseases, University of Liverpool), Abdinasir ...

Tropical Livestock Units: Re-evaluating a Methodology.

Peregrine Rothman-Ostrow, William Gilbert and Jonathan Rushton of the Global Burden of Animal Diseases Programme and The University of Liverpool ...

Integrating the Technical, Risk Management and Economic Implications of Animal Disease Control to Advise Policy Change: The Example of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Control in Uruguay

Brian Perry (University of Oxford), Karl M. Rich (ILRI), Hernán Rojas (CERES BCA), Jaime Romero (IICA & GBADs) David Adamson ...

Farmers’ willingness to pay for foot and mouth disease vaccine in different cattle production systems in Amhara region of Ethiopia

Wudu T. Jemberu, Wassie Molla, Tigabu Dagnew (University of Gonda), Jonathan Rushton (Global Burden of Animal Diseases; University of Liverpool) ...

Profiling Detection and Classification of Lameness Methods in British Dairy Cattle Research: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Joao Sucena Afonso, Mieghan Bruce, Patrick Keating, Didier Raboisson, Helen Clough, George Oikonomou and Jonathan Rushton have had the following ...

The pros and cons of animal health harmonisation.

David Adamson, William Gilbert, Peregrine Rothman-Ostrow, and Jonathan Rushton of the Global Burden of Animal Diseases project have collaborated to ...

Investigation of the Governance Structure of the Nairobi Dairy Value Chain and its Influence on Food Safety.

Jonathan Rushton of the Global Burden of Animal Diseases project has collaborated with Stella Kiambi (Food and Agriculture Organization), Joshua ...

Identification of Production Chain Risk Factors for Slaughterhouse Condemnation of Broiler Chickens’

Jonathan Rushton and Benjamin Huntington of the Global Burden of Animal Diseases project have collaborated with Svetlana Buzdugan, Yu-Mei Chang, ...

Exploring the Socioeconomic Importance of Antimicrobial Use in the Small-Scale Pig Sector in Vietnam.

Jonathan Rushton of the Global Burden of Animal Diseases project has collaborated with Lucy Coyne (University of Liverpool), Carolyn Benigno, ...

Socio-economic impact of Food-and-Mouth outbreaks and control measures: An analysis of Mongolian outbreaks in 2017.

Mieghan Bruce, Jonathan Rushton, and Nicholas A. Lyons of the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme have collaborated with Georgina ...

Initiation of Global Burden of Animal Diseases Programme

Professor Jonathan Rushton, Mieghan Bruce, Camille Bellet, Paul Torgerson, Alexandra Shaw, Tom Marsh, David Pigott, Matthew Stone, Julio Pinto, Shannon ...