Network analysis of small ruminant movements in Uganda: Implications for control of transboundary animal diseases

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationFreie Universität Berlinen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of California, Davisen
cg.contributor.affiliationMinistry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Ugandaen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Minnesotaen
cg.contributor.affiliationMakerere Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Hohenheimen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.crpLivestock
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germanyen
cg.contributor.donorFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nationsen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierJoseph Nkamwesiga: 0000-0001-6524-1241en
cg.creator.identifierHenry Kiara: 0000-0001-9578-1636en
cg.creator.identifierKristina Roesel: 0000-0002-2553-1129en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1155/tbed/7474495en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1865-1674en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalTransboundary and Emerging Diseasesen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL DISEASESen
cg.subject.ilriDISEASE CONTROLen
cg.subject.ilriGOATSen
cg.subject.ilriPPRen
cg.subject.ilriSHEEPen
cg.subject.ilriSMALL RUMINANTSen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.volume2025en
dc.contributor.authorNkamwesiga, Josephen
dc.contributor.authorRascón-García, K.en
dc.contributor.authorLumu, P.en
dc.contributor.authorKiara, Henry K.en
dc.contributor.authorPerez, A.en
dc.contributor.authorMuhanguzi, D.en
dc.contributor.authorRoesel, Kristinaen
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-15T10:59:58Zen
dc.date.available2025-05-15T10:59:58Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/174612
dc.titleNetwork analysis of small ruminant movements in Uganda: Implications for control of transboundary animal diseasesen
dcterms.abstractDomestic animals are moved for reasons that are mutually beneficial to the animal and the farmer. Some examples include the need for fresh grazing grounds and watering points, or the need to access livestock markets for income to sustain farmers’ livelihoods. However, livestock mobility is a key risk factor for the transmission of transboundary animal diseases. Contact tracing of individual animals and flocks is very challenging, especially in most low-income countries, due to a lack of efficient livestock traceability systems. Despite these challenges, low-income countries, such as Uganda, issue paper-based animal movement permits (AMPs) to ensure only clinically healthy animals are moved following a physical inspection. In this study, we used national approximately 9 years of (2012–2020) small ruminant movement data obtained from archived AMPs in Uganda to describe small ruminant movement networks. The movement networks were described using social network analysis (SNA) approaches implemented in R software to identify and visualize relationships between individual and groups districts in Uganda. Lira, Kaberamaido, Nabilatuk, Mbarara, Kiruhura, Kampala, and Wakiso were identified as districts with the highest degree (in and out-degree) and betweenness among other centrality measures. Our results suggest these districts could be the most important bridges connecting the various regions of the country. Tailoring control interventions to such districts with high incoming and high outgoing shipments, or bridges, would accelerate the nation’s ability to timely detect outbreaks, prevent or mitigate further spread, and contain diseases in their original foci, respectively. We also identified areas for active surveillance, vaccination, quarantine, and biosecurity measures-staging depending on prevailing circumstances. These findings will be used to guide the national small ruminant infectious diseases control strategies and subsequently contribute to national and global initiatives, such as the 2030 Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) eradication program.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2025-05-14en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNkamwesiga, J., Rascón-García, K., Lumu, P., Kiara, H., Perez, A., Muhanguzi, D. and Roesel, K. 2025. Network analysis of small ruminant movements in Uganda: Implications for control of transboundary animal diseases. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 2025(1): 7474495.en
dcterms.extent7474495en
dcterms.issued2025-01en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjectanimal diseasesen
dcterms.subjectdisease controlen
dcterms.subjectgoatsen
dcterms.subjectpeste des petits ruminantsen
dcterms.subjectsheepen
dcterms.subjectsmall ruminantsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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