title: Systems approaches to animal disease surveillance and resource allocation: methodological frameworks for behavioral analysis.
abstract: While demands for animal disease surveillance systems are growing, there has been little applied research that has examined the interactions between resource allocation, cost-effectiveness, and behavioral considerations of actors throughout the livestock supply chain in a surveillance system context. These interactions are important as feedbacks between surveillance decisions and disease evolution may be modulated by their contextual drivers, influencing the cost-effectiveness of a given surveillance system. This paper identifies a number of key behavioral aspects involved in animal health surveillance systems and reviews some novel methodologies for their analysis. A generic framework for analysis is discussed, with exemplar results provided to demonstrate the utility of such an approach in guiding better disease control and surveillance decisions.
authors.affiliation: Department of International Economics, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Karl M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Rich
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Denwood
authors.affiliation: Future Farming Systems, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), Edinburgh, Scotland.
authors.forename: Alistair W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Stott
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland.
authors.forename: Dominic J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Mellor
authors.affiliation: Royal Veterinary College, North Mymms, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.
authors.forename: Stuart W J
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.affiliation: Future Farming Systems, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), Drummondhill, Inverness, Scotland.
authors.forename: George J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Gunn
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases; D000818:Animals; D003657:Decision Making; D040841:Resource Allocation