Data-driven control and prioritisation of non-EU-regulated contagious animal diseases

DECIDE will focus on respiratory and gastro-intestinal syndromes in the three most important terrestrial livestock species (pigs, poultry, cattle) and on growth reduction and mortality in salmon, an important aquaculture species. For each of these, we will (i) identify the stakeholder needs; (ii) determine the burden of disease and costs of control measures; (iii) develop data sharing frameworks based on federated data access and meta-information sharing; (iv) build multivariate and multilevel models for creating an early warning system. Together, all of this will form the decision support systems to be integrated in existing farm management systems wherever possible and to be evaluated in several pilot implementations in farms across Europe.