A global livestock production and health atlas (GLiPHA) for interactive presentation, integration and analysis of livestock data

Clements, ACA, Pfeiffer, DU, Otte, MJ, Morteo, K and Chen, L (2002) A global livestock production and health atlas (GLiPHA) for interactive presentation, integration and analysis of livestock data. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 56 1: 19-32.


Author Clements, ACA
Pfeiffer, DU
Otte, MJ
Morteo, K
Chen, L
Title A global livestock production and health atlas (GLiPHA) for interactive presentation, integration and analysis of livestock data
Journal name Preventive Veterinary Medicine   Check publisher's open access policy
Publication date 2002
Sub-type Article
DOI 10.1016/S0167-5877(02)00121-6
Volume number 56
Issue number 1
ISSN 0167-5877
Start page 19
End page 32
Total pages 14
Place of publication Amsterdam
Publisher Elsevier Science Bv
Language eng
Abstract An interactive electronic atlas has been developed with the purpose of providing a scaleable over-view of spatial and temporal variation in animal production and health-related information for decision and policy makers in national and international institutions. The information contained in the atlas is currently managed and presented using the Key Indicators Mapping System (KIMS), and will also be integrated using the Key Indicators Database System (KIDS). Both systems were developed by the World Agricultural Information Centre of the FAO (FAO-WAICENT), the former as a stand-alone application and the latter for access via the Internet. Components of the atlas include vector maps, livestock disease and production databases, rules for country-level disease risk classification and 'disease cards' containing basic background information on diseases included in the atlas. The disease data is currently based primarily on Office International des Epizooties (OIE) disease reports, and the livestock production data on the FAO-WAICENT database. The atlas is highly interactive and allows visual presentation of information using maps, tables and charts. It also contains links to relevant resource information on the Internet. Diseases covered in the animal health layer include most OIE List A diseases and a subset of OIE List B diseases. Extensive analyses have been conducted to develop a set of qualitative and semi-quantitative criteria that allow improved disease status classifications based on 5-years cumulative OIE disease reports, and official disease control declarations. Classification rules were determined depending on the epidemiological features of each disease and considering spatial heterogeneity of disease presence in local regions. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Keyword Veterinary Sciences
livestock disease
livestock production
visual analysis
Geographical Information Systems
disease atlas
database
Geographical Information-systems
Sub-saharan Africa
Empirical Bayes
Lymphatic Filariasis
Mortality
Disease
Risk
Transmission
Statistics
Q-Index Code C1
Q-Index Status Provisional Code
Institutional Status Unknown

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