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Slaughterhouse surveillance for bovine tuberculosis (TB) in Brazil is hampered by difficulties in tracing infected farms. This study created a quantitative framework to prioritize investigations, improving TB control strategies.

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  • Veterinary Epidemiology
  • Infectious Disease Surveillance
  • Animal Health Economics

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  • Slaughterhouse detection of bovine tuberculosis (TB) lesions is crucial for passive surveillance in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
  • Trace-back investigations following lesion detection frequently fail to identify the source farms, limiting effective disease control.
  • Current surveillance methods require enhancement to improve the identification of infected herds and prevent TB spread.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a quantitative framework for prioritizing epidemiological investigations of bovine TB.
  • To estimate the probability of infection on farms connected to confirmed cases of Mycobacterium bovis.
  • To provide a decision-support tool for enhancing bovine TB surveillance and eradication efforts.

Main Methods:

  • Reconstruction of cattle lifetime contact networks using movement records and diagnostic data for 502 cattle with confirmed M. bovis lesions.
  • Estimation of farm infection probability using a non-homogeneous Poisson process, considering exposure duration and time-weighted herd size.
  • Application of a deterministic model with Monte Carlo simulation to classify farms into risk categories (high, medium, low) and assess model performance against field diagnostic outcomes.

Main Results:

  • The developed framework successfully classified farms based on estimated infection probability and infectious pressure.
  • High-risk farms constituted 58% of validated contacts and showed a 3.48 times higher relative risk of infection compared to lower-risk farms.
  • The risk-based classification demonstrated significant potential for improving the efficiency of trace-back investigations.

Conclusions:

  • A standardized, quantitative risk-based classification system can substantially improve the prioritization of bovine TB trace-back investigations.
  • This approach offers a practical decision-support tool to enhance surveillance effectiveness in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
  • Implementing this framework can contribute significantly to national and regional bovine TB eradication strategies.