{"id":1226,"date":"2022-03-25T12:06:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T16:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2022-03-25T12:06:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T16:06:09","slug":"zia-biosecurity-risk-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/zia-biosecurity-risk-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Asim Zia Leads Livestock Disease Risk Management Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Community Development and Applied Economics Professor Asim Zia<\/a>, in collaboration with researchers from the departments of Animal and Veterinary Sciences and Computer Science, has received a $2.5 million grant from USDA NIFA for livestock disease risk management research. The transdisciplinary project is entitled, Predicting Livestock Disease Transmission Dynamic Under Alternate Biosecurity Risk Management Interventions and Behavioral Responses of Livestock Producers in the U.S<\/a>.<\/p>\n

African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks began in regions of China during 2018, and have spread to other areas of Asia, Europe and Central America. These outbreaks demonstrated how biological threats can be devastating, with significant long-term effects for livestock producers and the global supply chain. We need to be prepared for foreign animal disease introductions like ASF with prevention, detection, and response.<\/p>\n

Current approaches used by animal health authorities to manage the risk and the behavioral responses of livestock producers are not well understood in an integrative way. As such, the overarching goal of the project will predict the risk of foreign animal disease transmission among livestock herds in the U.S. The objectives of the project are the following.<\/p>\n