All Outputs (6)

Descriptive analysis of national bovine viral diarrhoea test data in England (2016–2023) (2025)
Journal Article
Prosser, N. S., Hill, E. M., Gow, L., Cavallaro, M., Tildesley, M. J., Keeling, M. J., Kaler, J., Ferguson, E., & Green, M. J. (2025). Descriptive analysis of national bovine viral diarrhoea test data in England (2016–2023). Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.5325

Background
Bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) is an endemic disease in the UK. In England, a voluntary control and eradication scheme, BVDFree England, has been running since 2016.

Methods
We analysed test results from 7005 herds that were submitted t... Read More about Descriptive analysis of national bovine viral diarrhoea test data in England (2016–2023).

Incorporating heterogeneity in farmer disease control behaviour into a livestock disease transmission model (2023)
Journal Article
Hill, E., Prosser, N., Brown, P., Ferguson, E., Green, M., Kaler, J., Keeling, M., & Tildesley, M. (2023). Incorporating heterogeneity in farmer disease control behaviour into a livestock disease transmission model. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 219, Article 106019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106019

Human behaviour is critical to effective responses to livestock disease outbreaks, especially with respect to vaccination uptake. Traditionally, mathematical models used to inform this behaviour have not taken heterogeneity in farmer behaviour into a... Read More about Incorporating heterogeneity in farmer disease control behaviour into a livestock disease transmission model.

Incorporating heterogeneity in farmer disease control behaviour into a livestock disease transmission model (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Hill, E., Prosser, N., Brown, P., Ferguson, E., J. Green, M., Kaler, J., Keeling, M., & J. Tildesley, M. (2023). Incorporating heterogeneity in farmer disease control behaviour into a livestock disease transmission model

Human behaviour is critical to effective responses to livestock disease outbreaks, especially with respect to vaccination uptake. Traditionally, mathematical models used to inform this behaviour have not taken heterogeneity in farmer behaviour into a... Read More about Incorporating heterogeneity in farmer disease control behaviour into a livestock disease transmission model.

Descriptive analysis of national bovine viral diarrhoea test data in England (2016–2020) (2022)
Journal Article
Prosser, N. S., Hill, E. M., Armstrong, D., Gow, L., Tildesley, M. J., Keeling, M. J., Kaler, J., Ferguson, E., & Green, M. J. (2022). Descriptive analysis of national bovine viral diarrhoea test data in England (2016–2020). Veterinary Record, 191(5), Article e1854. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.1854

Background: Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) causes substantial economic losses to the cattle industry; however, control and eradication can be achieved by identifying and removing persistently infected cattle from the herd. Each UK nation has sep... Read More about Descriptive analysis of national bovine viral diarrhoea test data in England (2016–2020).

Modelling livestock infectious disease control policy under differing social perspectives on vaccination behaviour (2022)
Journal Article
Hill, E. M., Prosser, N. S., Ferguson, E., Kaler, J., Green, M. J., Keeling, M. J., & Tildesley, M. J. (2022). Modelling livestock infectious disease control policy under differing social perspectives on vaccination behaviour. PLoS Computational Biology, 18(7), Article e1010235. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010235

The spread of infection amongst livestock depends not only on the traits of the pathogen and the livestock themselves, but also on the veterinary health behaviours of farmers and how this impacts their implementation of disease control measures. Cont... Read More about Modelling livestock infectious disease control policy under differing social perspectives on vaccination behaviour.

Cattle farmer psychosocial profiles and their association with control strategies for bovine viral diarrhea (2022)
Journal Article
Prosser, N. S., Green, M. J., Ferguson, E., Tildesley, M. J., Hill, E. M., Keeling, M. J., & Kaler, J. (2022). Cattle farmer psychosocial profiles and their association with control strategies for bovine viral diarrhea. Journal of Dairy Science, 105(4), 3559-3573. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2021-21386

Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) is endemic in the United Kingdom and causes major economic losses. Control is largely voluntary for individual farmers and is likely to be influenced by psychosocial factors, such as altruism, trust, and psychological prox... Read More about Cattle farmer psychosocial profiles and their association with control strategies for bovine viral diarrhea.