2025/03/26 by Beatriz Martínez‐López, José Manuel Díaz Cao, María J. Clavijo +4 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Immunology and Microbiology · Medicine · #Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology #Microbial infections and disease research #Zoonotic diseases and public health
paper · pdf · doi:10.2460/javma.25.01.0026
openalex publication_date 2025/03/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
In this paper, we explore the benefits that digitalization and Big Data analytics can bring to animal health, emphasizing the need to advance toward precision veterinary epidemiology. This concept takes advantage of multilevel animal health-related data to better understand disease dynamics in a population and design more cost-effective interventions, particularly focusing on livestock health. However, to translate this concept into practice, critical advancements and changes are needed in how we collect, standardize, integrate, share, and use data. Fostering interdisciplinary teams that integrate epidemiologists, veterinarians, and other domain experts with computer scientists, engineers, and data scientists is essential to implement this approach and better address complex animal health issues.