Publications
2025
Andrea Knörr, Xiao Zhou, Angela Bearth, Beatriz Garcia-Morante , Carla Correia-Gomes, Joaquim Segalés, Thomas Echtermann, Michael Siegrist, Industry Stakeholders Attitudes and Beliefs about Tail Biting and Docking in Pigs – A Case Study in Switzerland and Spain, Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Volume 237, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2025.106444
Xiao Zhou, Andrea Knörr, Beatriz Garcia Morante,Carla Gomes, Lucia Dieste Pérez, Joaquim Segales, Marina Sibila, Carles Vilalta, Alison Burrell, Tijs Tobias, Michael Siegrist, & Angela Bearth, Data recording and use of data tools for pig health management: perspectives of stakeholders in pig farming, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Volume 11, 2024, https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1490770
Charlotte Doidge, Jade Bokma, Noëlle ten Brinke, Luis Pedro Carmo, Petter Hopp, Inge Santman-Berends, Anouk Veldhuis, Jasmeet Kaler, Dairy farmers’ intention to use calf management technologies in four European countries: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis and PLS-SEM approach. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Volume 236, 2025, 106417, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2025.106417
2024
Xiao Zhou, Beatriz Garcia-Morante, Alison Burrell, Carla Correia-Gomes, Lucia Dieste-Pérez, Karlijn Eenink, Joaquim Segalés, Marina Sibila, Michael Siegrist, Tijs Tobias, Carles Vilalta & Angela Bearth, How do pig veterinarians view technology-assisted data utilisation for pig health and welfare management? A qualitative study in Spain, the Netherlands, and Ireland, Porcine Health Management, Volume 10, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40813-024-00389-3
Théophile Ghislan Loïc Eyango Tabi, Maud Rouault, Victoria Potdevin, Xavier L’Hostis, Sébastien Assié, Sébastien Picault, Nicolas Parisey, Harnessing uncertainty: a deep mechanistic approach for cautious diagnostic and forecast of BRD, Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Volume 233, December 2024, 106354, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2024.106354
Boeters, M., Steeneveld, W., Garcia-Morante, B., Rushton, J.,
van Schaik, G. A dynamic framework for calculating the biomass of fattening pigs with an application in estimating the burden of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome in the Netherlands, Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Volume 234, 2025, 106383, https://doi.org/10.1016j.prevetmed.2024.106383
Slegers, Y., Hostens, M., Matthijs, M.G.R., Stegeman, J.A., de Wit, J.J. Broiler flocks in production systems with slower-growing breeds and reduced stocking density receive fewer antibiotic treatments and have lower mortality, Poultry Science, Volume 103, Issue 11, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2024.104197
Merca, C., Boerlage, A.S., Kristensen, A.R., and Jensen, D.B. Monitoring monthly mortality of maricultured Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in Scotland I. Dynamic linear models at production cycle level. Frontiers in Marine Science (2024) https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1436755
Zhou, X., Bearth, A., Siegrist, M., Sea lice management in marine-based salmon farming: Public perceptions and acceptance in England and Scotland, Aquaculture, Volume 593, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741267
Noor, S., Bokma, J., Pardon, B., van Schaik, G., Hostens, M. Agri Semantics: developments to improve data interoperability to support farm information management and decision support systems in agriculture in Smart farms, Improving data-driven decision making in agriculture, Part 1, Chapter 4 http://dx.doi.org/10.19103/AS.2023.0132.05
Picault, S., Niang G., P, Ezanno., et al. Leveraging artificial intelligence and software engineering methods in epidemiology for the co-creation of decision-support tools based on mechanistic models. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Volume 228 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2024.106233
Oliveira, V., Dorea, F., Bang Jensen, B., et al. Exploring Options for Syndromic Surveillance in Aquaculture: Outbreak Detection of Salmon Pancreas Disease Using Production Data from Norwegian Farms. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Issue 1 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/9861677
Doidge, C., Ånestad, L.M., Burrell, A., et al, A living lab approach to understanding dairy farmers’ needs of technologies and data to improve herd health: Focus groups from 6 European countries, Journal of Dairy Science, https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-24155
Doidge, C., Burrell, A., van Schaik, G. Kaler, J. A qualitative survey approach to investigating beef and dairy veterinarians’ needs in relation to technologies on farms. animal 101124 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2024.101124
2023
Boeters, M., Garcia-Morante, B., van Schaik, G. et al. The economic impact of endemic respiratory disease in pigs and related interventions – a systematic review. Porcine Health Management 9, 45 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40813-023-00342-w
Doidge C., Palczynski L., (…) Kaleer J., et al. Exploring the data divide through a social practice lens: A qualitative study of UK cattle farmers. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Volume 220 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106030
Doidge C., Frössling, J., (…) Kaleer J., et al. Social and ethical implications of data and technology use on farms: A qualitative study of Swedish dairy and pig farmers. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Volume 10 (2023). doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1171107
van Schaik G, Hostens M, Faverjon C et al. The DECIDE project: from surveillance data to decision-support for farmers and veterinarians [open letter, version 1;]. Open Res Europe (2023). https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.15988.1
2022
Walde, C., Stormoen, M., (…) Bang Jensen, B. et al. How delousing affects the short-term growth of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Aquaculture, Volume 561 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738720
Brock, J., Lange, M., Tratalos, J.A. et al. The Irish cattle population structured by enterprise type: overview, trade & trends. Irish Veterinary Journal 75, 6 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13620-022-00212-x.
Cristancho-Fajardo, L., Vergu, E., Beaunée, G. et al. Learning and strategic imitation in modelling farmers’ dynamic decisions on bovine viral diarrhoea vaccination. Vet Res 53, 102 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-022-01112-2
Picault, S., Ezanno, P. Smith, K. et al. Modelling the effects of antimicrobial metaphylaxis and pen size on bovine respiratory disease in high and low risk fattening cattle. Veterinary Research 53, 77 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-022-01094-1.
Conferences
2024
Charlotte Doidge, Jenny Frössling, Gema Vidal and Jasmeet Kaler, Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping As A Participatory Modelling Technique To Understand Factors That Affect, And Are Affected By, Bovine Respiratory Disease, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, oral presentation.
Gema Vidal, Ann Nyman, Dan B. Jensen, Leonardo V. de Knegt, Jenny Frössling, Multivariate Modelling of Calf Mortality in Sweden: A Dynamic Linear Approach, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, oral presentation.
Suhaib Ahmed, Jorge Rivera-Gomis, Andrew J Duncan, John Berezowski, Maria Rodrigues da Costa, An innovative and reproducible data visualization tool for continued monitoring and surveillance of pig health, welfare, and public health using abattoir data, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, oral presentation.
Charlotte Doidge, Jade Bokma, Noëlle ten Brinke, Luis Pedro Carmo, Petter Hopp, Inge Santman-Berends, Anouk Veldhuis and Jasmeet Kaler, Dairy Farmers’ Intention To Use Calf Management Technologies: Fuzzy Set QCA And PLS-SEM Analysis, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, oral presentation.
Carsten Kirkeby, Britt Bang Jensen, Mogens Krogh, From Models To Measures: Optimizing Biomass Estimates In Precision Fish Farming, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, poster presentation.
Gerdien van Schaik, Jenny Frössling, Luis Pedro Carmo, Mirjam Nielen, Innovative Tool Development: Experiences from the DECIDE Project, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, poster presentation.
Carolina Merca, Baptiste Sorin, Prof. Anders Ringgaard Kristensen, Dr. Sébastien Picault, Dr. Pauline Ezanno, Combining dynamic generalized linear models and mechanistic modelling to optimize treatment strategies for Bovine Respiratory Disease in cattle fattening farms, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, oral presentation.
Annette S. Boerlage, X. Zhou, B. Bang Jensen, V.H.S Oliveira, I. Hutchinson, S. Beechener, A. Burrell, D. Graham, A. Bearth, The use of data to support health management of farmed Atlantic salmon, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, poster presentation.
Y. Slegers, M. Hostens, M.G.R. Matthijs, J.A. Stegeman, J.J. de Wit, Comparison of antibiotic use, mortality and footpad lesions between conventional and slower-growing broilers in the Netherlands, 2013-2021, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, oral presentation.
A. Cameron, C. Delavenne, C. Faverjon, Human-first metadata guidelines for the animal health scientists and epidemiologists to enhance data reuse, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, poster presentation.
Camille Delavenne, Gerdien van Schaik, Dima Farra, Fernanda Dórea, Jenny Frössling, Angus Cameron, Céline Faverjon, Integrating animal production data in Europe: gaps and challenges for animal health scientists, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, oral presentation.
Leo de Knegt, Workshop: Dynamic Generalized Linear models (DGLM), i.e., Dynamic Linear Models for non-Gaussian data, WP2 Summer Workshop at the University of Copenhagen, 23-27 September 24.
Miel Hostens, Saba Noor, Workshop on Understanding semantic web & ontologies for precision livestock farming, ECPLF2024, 9-12 September, organisation of a workshop.
Saba Noor, Advancing Precision Livestock Farming through Ontology-driven Interoperable Health Data Management: Extending the Livestock Health Ontology (LHO) for Enhanced Disease Surveillance, ECPLF2024, 9-12 September, Oral presentation.
L. Dieste-Pérez, X. Zhou 1, B. Garcia-Morante, A. Burrell, K. Eenink, C. Correia-Gomes, J. Segalés, M. Sibila, T. Tobias, C. Vilalta, A. Bearth, Veterinarians’ perceptions on Precision Livestock Farming application in pig health management, EAAP 2024, 1-5 September 24, poster presentation.
B. Sorin, C. Merca, A. Kristensen, P. Ezanno, S. Picault, S. Assié, Better targeting treatments against Bovine Respiratory Disease by combining dynamic generalized linear models and mechanistic modelling, ModAH 3, 27-29 August 2024, oral presentation.
Picault S., Niang G., Sicard V., Sorin B., Assié S., Ezanno P., From mechanistic models to decision-support tools: generating user-friendly web application from artificial intelligence and software engineering methods, ModAH 3, 27-29 August 2024, oral presentation.
Farchati Halifa, Beaunée Gaël, Ezanno Paulin, Impact of Data Quality and Stochasticity on Parameter Estimation of a Bovine Respiratory Disease Propagation Model, ModAH 3, 27-29 August 2024, poster presentation.
Vilalta, C. Pig industry stakeholders’ insights into data tools for pig health and welfare management: an online survey in Spain. IPVS & ESPHM 2024. 4-7 June 2024, Oral presentation during the Chaired Poster Session
Vilalta, C. Data and technology application in pig health and welfare management: a focus group study of veterinarians in Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain. IPVS & ESPHM 2024. 4-7 June 2024, Oral presentation during the Chaired Poster Session
Segalés, J. Evaluating economic aspectes of endemic respiratory diseases in pigs and intervening strategies. IPVS & ESPHM 2024. 4-7 June 2024, Poster
Knörr, A. Attitudes and beliefs about tail biting and docking in pigs. IPVS & ESPHM 2024. 4-7 June 2024, Oral presentation
Marroco, M. A Model to Predict Water Consumption in Growing Pigs. IPVS & ESPHM 2024. 4-7 June 2024, Oral presentation
van Schaik, G. Challenges and developments in surveillance of animal health. SciCom symposium 2024. 5 June 2024, Invited Oral presentation
Slegers, Y. Predicting footpad lesion scores of Dutch broiler flocks using routinely collected data. Precision Livestock Farming workshop. 25-26 April 2024, Oral presentation
Frössling, J. Harnessing the power of data – veterinary perspective. BFSA. 23 April 2024, Oral presentation
Merca, C. Monitoring montly mortality of maricultured Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in Scotland. SVEPM. 20-22 March 2024, Poster presentation
Eyango Tabi, L. Deep mechanistic model: Integrating deep learning and stochastic mechanistic approaches for Bovine Respiratory Diseases diagnosis and epidemiological forecasting. SVEPM. 20 March 2024, Oral presentation
Boerlage, A. Using data to support day-to-day health management of farmed Atlantic salmon. Fish Veterinary Society. 6 March 2024, Oral presentation
2023
Boerlage, A. Data to support health management of maricultured salmonids in Scotland. AquaEpi III. 29 November 2023, Oral presentation.
Bokma, J. Innovation in Veterinary Medicine – practical approaches to using Big Data. Veterinary Medicines Symposium. 24 October 2023, Oral presentation
Slegers, Y. Doing more with data: using existing data as a basis for decision support tools for broiler farmers, Poultry meeting WVPA, Dutch branch, 12 September 2023, Oral presentation.
Bokma, J. European Veterinary Barometer for Bovine Respiratory Diseases: a tool showing diagnostic test results and geolocation of respiratory tract samples from cattle. 5th International Conference Of The European College Of Veterinary Microbiology 21-23 September 2023, Bled, Slovenia, Oral presentation.
Bokma, J. European Veterinary Barometer for Bovine Respiratory Diseases: a tool showing diagnostic test results and geolocation of respiratory tract samples from cattle. EBC. 24 August 2023, Oral presentation.
Oliveira, V. An early warning system for disease outbreaks in aquaculture using unspecific health-related data. Green Data Lab Conference. 25 June 2023. Oral presentation.
Zhou, X. Marine-based salmon farming – Risk perception and acceptance of sea lice management. Society for Risk analysis conference. 18 June 2023, Oral presentation.
Boeters, M. The economic burden of the porcine respiratory disease complex and related interventions – A systematic review ISESSAH. 14 June 2023, Oral presentation.
Walde, C. Assessing the economic consequence of interventions for controlling salmon lice using a stochastic partial budgeting approach. ISESSAH. 14 June 2023, Oral presentation.
Sorin, B. Modelling pathogen-specific infection dynamics of bovine respiratory disease in a multi-batch fattening farm. SVEPM. 22 March 2023, Oral presentation.
Doidge, C. Using social practice theory to understand the digital divide: A focus group study of UK cattle farmers. SVEPM. 22 March 2023, Oral presentation.
2022
van Schaik, G. The DECIDE project. Data-driven control and prioritisation of endemic contagious animal diseases. EMA Second Veterinary Big Data stakeholder forum. 23 November 2022, Oral presentation. Download the prerentation here.
Walde, C. Growth reduction after sea lice treatments. Frisk Fisk 2022
Oliveira, V. Use of Mortality data to predict disease outbreaks. Frisk Fisk 2022
Bearth, A Collecting stakeholder perspectives on animal health and welfare. VPHI Webinar. 15 November 2022, Oral presentation. Watch the webinar here.
Bang Jensen, Britt. Behov for data-drevne beslutningsstøtteverktøy
-Fokusgruppeintervju med Fiskehelsepersonell,
Mattilsyninspektører og Fiskehelsemanagers (Eng. Need for data-driven decision support tools – Focus group interviews). Havbruk 2022. 20 October 2022, Oral presentation. Download the prerentation here.
Boeters, M. The DECIDE project: from surveillance data to decision support for farmers and veterinarians. 16th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE). 9 August 2022, Oral presentation.
Oliviera, V. Evaluating syndromic surveillance at farm level in aquaculture: outbreak detection of an endemic disease in Norwegian salmon production. 16th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE)
Boerlage, A. Only dead fish follow the flow… Shedding light on mortality in salmonid aquaculture. 16th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE)
Walde, C. How current treatments for salmon lice seriously affects their hosts, Atlantic Salmon (salmon salar). 16th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE)
Garcia Morante, B. DECIDE: hacia el desarrollo de herramientas que permitan un mejor control de enfermedades endémicas (Eng. DECIDE: towards the development of tools that allow better control of endemic diseases). XXIV JORNADAS DE PORCINO DE LA UAB Y AVPC. 17 June 2022, Oral presentation. Download the presentation here.
Oliviera, V. Developing an interactive dashboard for monitoring mortality in Norwegian Atlantic salmon farming. 4th International Conference on Animal Health Surveillance (ICAHS)
van Schaik, G. The DECIDE project: from surveillance data to decision support for farmers and veterinarians. 4th International Conference on Animal Health Surveillance (ICAHS). 5 May 2022, Oral presentation. Download the presentation here.
Merca, C. A multivariate Dynamic Linear Model for monitoring Scottish salmon production. Precision Livestock Farming workshop.
van Schaik, G. The DECIDE project: a data-driven approach for decision support to better manage endemic diseases in cattle, pigs, poultry and salmon. Webinar series of the COST Action “SOUND control” (COST Action CA17110). 13 April 2022, Webinar. Watch the webinar here.
2021
Walde. C.S. Bioeconomic evaluation of different treatment strategies against salmon lice in Norway. 20th International conference on Diseases of fish and shellfish 2021, Online