Coronaviruses roadmap:
Control Strategies
Roadmap for the development of disease control strategies for coronaviruses
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Environment
Next steps
Environment, including farming system
Research Question
- Role of different environments, including farming systems, in virus patterns transmission
Research Gaps and Challenges
- High capacity of CoV to mutate and adapt in different settings
- Farming/trade of highly susceptible species e.g., mink, racoon dogs
- Humans keep a variety of species as pets
- Lack of legal framework (e.g. proximity law in agriculture) in some regions which introduces disease risk
Solution Routes
- Assess critical environment at interface
- Evaluate exposure risks associated with density in farming systems, agricultural intensification and environmental changes, trade of domestic and wild animals, changing distribution of invasive species
- Understand how current trends in land-use change (e.g. to achieve net zero targets) may influence pathogen emergence risks
- Increase biosecurity requirements for breeding and trade of possible high-risk products, including e.g. mink/mink skins
Dependencies
- Improved monitoring and data accessibility
Projects
What activities are planned or underway?
Differential susceptibility of SARS-CoV-2 in animals : Evidence of ACE2 host receptor distribution in companion animals, livestock and wildlife by immunohistochemical characterisation
Planned Completion date 26/07/2021
Participating Country(s):
Netherlands
Veterinary Biocontained facility Network for excellence in animal infectiology research and experimentation
Planned Completion date 28/02/2023
Participating Country(s):
Europe