livestock identification: helping combat disease

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Livestock identification: helping combat disease Keepers of cattle, sheep and pigs must register for each species with APHA. Cattle, sheep and pigs are identified and their movements traced by notification and recording on ScotEID. The role of the marts and abattoirs is very important in the collection of movement data which are transferred directly to ScotEID. ScotEID records, researches and provides guidance on tracing farm livestock through the Scottish livestock supply chain. Where movement data come from EPIC scientists are dependent on access to high-quality, up-to-date data from animal identification records on livestock locations and movements. These data underpin a broad range of research conducted by EPIC scientists to support Scotland’s livestock industries: 100 110 1110011011100111100101010100000110010011010010 0000011010000100101001011001100111000100010101 100 010 000 111 00101101001001011010110000011101O 000111010111001111001110101011110 011 101 100 001 01101010010100100011100 00011100010100100010011 100 110 Knowing animal movements helps track disease spread quickly in a disease outbreak. EPIC’s work on pig movements highlighted the degree of connection between different parts of the pig industry, which is important for resilience to diseases such as African swine Understanding livestock locations and movements is essential in designing effective disease surveillance and control programmes. For example, EPIC scientists track movements of Scotland’s sheep to slaughter to better understand surveillance coverage, and EPIC’s work on BVD helps monitor progress of the eradication programme. EPIC scientists use data on livestock locations and movements to look at disease spread, options for control, and economic impacts, informing animal health policy in Scotland. Movement data are used to identify the role of climate and the environment on disease risk. For example, EPIC scientists combined animal movement data, abattoir records and satellite data to identify the environmental risk factors associated with liver fluke. The EPIC BVD Biobank combines virus genome information with ScotEID BVD testing records to inform the BVD eradication programme end game. Mapping BVD Biobank records shows the transmission links between regions inferred from sequence data, highlighting long range transmission links as well as cross border links. Disease surveillance, testing and control Animal movements and disease spread Using Bovine Viral Diarrhoea virus genome to fight disease Combining livestock data and environmental data "The information on the location of cattle in Scotland contained in the ScotMoves system provides greater reassurance to government and keepers that Scotland is well placed to prevent and control exotic diseases such as Foot and Mouth and endemic diseases such as Bovine Viral Diarrhoea." Fergus Ewing, Rural Economy Secretary, 2018 Scientific evidence informing policy 000 111 011110101010100100011101O 0001110101100111100101010 011 101 01111000010100101100011101O 000111010111001111100101010 101 001 100 110 101110011110001000010101001 101000010011001101000101100 101 011 epicscotland.org @epicscotland Scan QR code for more detail Visit our display on the economics of BVD control Have a look at the case study on EPIC’s work on vector-borne diseases Try our interactive BVD map of Scotland Read our BVD case study and biosecurity poster Where do sheep move to slaughter from? Genetic indicators of BVD transmission Visit our website to watch EPIC conference talks on outbreak response fever, classical swine fever & porcine epidemic diarrhoea.

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Livestock identification: helping combat disease

Keepers of cattle, sheep and pigs must register for each species with APHA. Cattle, sheep and pigs areidentified and their movements traced by notification and recording on ScotEID. The role of the marts andabattoirs is very important in the collection of movement data which are transferred directly to ScotEID.ScotEID records, researches and provides guidance on tracing farm livestock through the Scottish livestocksupply chain. 

Where movement data come from

EPIC scientists are dependent on access to high-quality, up-to-date data from animal identification records on livestock locations andmovements. These data underpin a broad range of research conducted by EPIC scientists to support Scotland’s livestock industries: 

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Knowing animal movementshelps track disease spreadquickly in a disease outbreak.EPIC’s work on pig movementshighlighted the degree ofconnection between differentparts of the pig industry, which isimportant for resilience todiseases such as African swine 

Understanding livestock locationsand movements is essential indesigning effective diseasesurveillance and controlprogrammes. For example, EPICscientists track movements ofScotland’s sheep to slaughter tobetter understand surveillancecoverage, and EPIC’s work on BVDhelps monitor progress of theeradication programme.

EPIC scientists use dataon livestock locationsand movements to lookat disease spread,options for control, andeconomic impacts,informing animal healthpolicy in Scotland.

Movement data are used toidentify the role of climate and theenvironment on disease risk. Forexample, EPIC scientistscombined animal movement data,abattoir records and satellite datato identify the environmental riskfactors associated with liver fluke.

The EPIC BVD Biobank combines virusgenome information with ScotEID BVDtesting records to inform the BVDeradication programme end game.Mapping BVD Biobank records showsthe transmission links between regionsinferred from sequence data,highlighting long range transmissionlinks as well as cross border links.

Disease surveillance, testing and control Animal movements and disease spread Using Bovine Viral Diarrhoea virus genome to fight disease

Combining livestock data and environmental data

"The information on the location of cattle in Scotland contained in the ScotMoves system provides greater reassurance to government and keepers that Scotland is well placed to prevent and control exotic diseases such as Foot and Mouth and endemic diseases such

as Bovine Viral Diarrhoea."Fergus Ewing, Rural EconomySecretary, 2018

Scientific evidence  informing policy 

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epicscotland.org @epicscotland

Scan QR codefor more detail

Visit our display on the economics of BVD controlHave a look at the case study on EPIC’s work on vector-borne diseases

Try our interactive BVD map of Scotland Read our BVD case study and biosecurity poster

Where do sheep move to slaughter from?

Genetic indicators ofBVD transmission

Visit our website to watch EPIC conferencetalks on outbreak response

fever, classical swine fever & porcine epidemic diarrhoea.