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Vectors

Research Question

  • Role of mechanical vectors (rodents, house flies -Musca domestica, other insects) in premise-to-premise transmission

Research Gaps and Challenges

  • Lack of knowledge of the level of importance of vector transmission
  • Vectors flow freely between farms and wild areas and among farms
  • Different types of vectors have different mechanisms of spread and varied roles in transmission/persistence/outbreak spread

Solution Routes

  • Ecology studies of farming systems to identify potential vectors (insects, vermin, etc.) under varied stressors like during normal times and when there is an outbreak
  • Surveillance of various potential vectors
  • Challenge and transmission studies on various hosts
  • Transmission studies from specific vectors to poultry

Dependencies

  • Include vector control in all biosecurity plans

Projects

What activities are planned or underway?

Protect wildlife from livestock diseases.

Planned Completion date 07/10/2022

Participating Country(s):

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Dynamics of sustainability in integrated agriculture : aquaculture systems in the Mekong Delta

Planned Completion date 21/10/2024

Participating Country(s):

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