Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology

Rapid phylogenetic analysis of African swine fever virus from metagenomic sequences

This paper presents a method to rapidly analyze ASFV phylogenetics from metagenomic sequences without virus isolation, identifying two major clades and linking Wuhan isolates to earlier outbreaks.

Estimation of swine movement network at farm level in the US from the Census of Agriculture data

The paper estimates swine movement networks at the county level in Iowa using Census of Agriculture data and finds evidence of a small-world structure, suggesting vulnerability to disease outbreaks.