Sensors (Sep 2023)

Remote Sensing Provides a Rapid Epidemiological Context for the Control of African Swine Fever in Germany

  • Hannes Bergmann,
  • Eva-Maria Czaja,
  • Annett Frick,
  • Ulf Klaaß,
  • Ronny Marquart,
  • Annett Rudovsky,
  • Diana Holland,
  • Patrick Wysocki,
  • Daike Lehnau,
  • Ronald Schröder,
  • Lisa Rogoll,
  • Carola Sauter-Louis,
  • Timo Homeier-Bachmann

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s23198202
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 19
p. 8202

Abstract

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Transboundary disease control, as for African swine fever (ASF), requires rapid understanding of the locally relevant potential risk factors. Here, we show how satellite remote sensing can be applied to the field of animal disease control by providing an epidemiological context for the implementation of measures against the occurrence of ASF in Germany. We find that remotely sensed observations are of the greatest value at a lower jurisdictional level, particularly in support of wild boar carcass search efforts.

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