The patterns and risks for disease spreading of cattle movement in China
Xiangdong Sun, Yongjun Liu, Youming Wang, Peng Li, Aizhen Guo, Zhining Jia, Xiaofeng Wang, Hongjie Zhang, Jian Zhang, Yong Yu, Yanwei Sun, Baoxu Huang
China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center, Qingdao, China.
Guangdong Province Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China.
Henan Province Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Zhengzhou, China.
Jilin Province Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Changchun, China.
School of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural Uni-versity, Wuhan, China.
School of Public Health, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Shandong Province Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan, China.
Sichuan Province Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, China.
DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412094   PDF    HTML   XML   4,153 Downloads   5,764 Views   Citations

Abstract

In order to reduce the risks for the spread of disease in cattle movements, we investigated China’s cattle breeding and movement pattern, analyzed risk factors of disease infection caused by long-distance movement, explored the relevant risk management measures and conjectured the direction of cattle movement based on the regional distribution of cattle inventory and beef price. We also constructed a market value chain in live cattle movements and qualitatively analyzed the risks for unapparent infection in the process of movement. Meanwhile, we put forward a long-term policy of reducing the risks for unapparent infection and animal health supervision measures.

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Sun, X. , Liu, Y. , Wang, Y. , Li, P. , Guo, A. , Jia, Z. , Wang, X. , Zhang, H. , Zhang, J. , Yu, Y. , Sun, Y. and Huang, B. (2013) The patterns and risks for disease spreading of cattle movement in China. Agricultural Sciences, 4, 694-700. doi: 10.4236/as.2013.412094.

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