title: Social network analysis of cattle movement in Kampong Cham, Kampong Speu and Takeo, Cambodia.
abstract: The aim of this study is to provide insight the network of cattle movement in Kampong Cham, Kampong Speu and Takeo, Cambodia. A cross-sectional study was carried out from July 2014 to August 2014, using questionnaires. It was implemented with 435 interviewees (24.4%, 24.6% and 51.0% from Kampong Cham, Kampong Speu and Takeo, respectively) using one-step snowball sampling. The findings suggest that the key players in all three provinces are producers who raise their cattle as backyard animals. In all three provinces the key players in spreading disease are probably the middlemen, collectors, brokers or traders. The network of cattle movement is presented as a strong component of varying size in each location. In this network we found three cut-points in both Kampong Cham and Kampong Speu. The network in each province indicates a random pattern of node distribution. The results of our study are useful to relevant authorities and researchers to understand the spread of infectious diseases into different areas. The middlemen, collectors, brokers and traders need to be controlled as first priority in order to reduce the magnitude of the spread of disease.
authors.affiliation: Section of Epidemiology, Department of Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Thailand. Electronic address: fvetctp@ku.ac.th.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Poolkhet
authors.affiliation: Section of Epidemiology, Department of Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Thailand.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kasemsuwan
authors.affiliation: Centre for Development Oriented Research in Agriculture and Livelihood Systems (CENTDOR), Cambodia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seng
authors.affiliation: Centre for Development Oriented Research in Agriculture and Livelihood Systems (CENTDOR), Cambodia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Keartha
authors.affiliation: Centre for Development Oriented Research in Agriculture and Livelihood Systems (CENTDOR), Cambodia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sokmao
authors.affiliation: Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAO-RAP), Thailand.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAO-RAP), Thailand.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kalpravidh
authors.affiliation: Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAO-RAP), Thailand.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hinrichs
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D002160:Cambodia; D002417:Cattle; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission*; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Cambodia; Cattle movement; Epidemiology; Social network analysis