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The animal movement database (AMD) is the mandatory, nationwide registry for cattle in Switzerland.
Here, we used a national movement database where information on movements is electronically reported by farmers themselves.
Cows that are on alpine pasture are assigned a different location identifier in the animal movement database during that time.
For UK cattle farms, contact data is available in the form of the cattle movement database provided by the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS).
There are clear emergency disease reporting mechanisms in place, a transparent organisation and communication network, as well as an animal movement database.
Cross-control on herd sizes can also be done using the movement database or the ZOOR register where all slaughtering is recorded based on the payment to the farmer.
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Livestock movement databases allow analyses of large and complete networks, here, covering the entire population of Scottish sheep farms.
Again, livestock movement databases are unusual due to explicit designation of uni-directional contacts where movement of livestock from farm j to farm i is associated with risk of disease transmission only in that direction [20].
However, providing more details on premises production types and the purposes of movements (for example by including additional question in the movement databases register) would drastically increase the potential of such analyses to inform policy.
This issue of ownership, however, does warrant access to suitable ownership and movement databases that would allow epidemiologists to adjust their analysis for the proper ownership and the contact structure.
In the acute phase of an outbreak, the pig and cattle movement databases can be valuable tools in contact tracing, but cannot replace manual contact tracing using thorough interviews with farmers and hauliers, given the delays in reporting and other quality issues.
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