Jan 01 2025 13 mins
In this episode of The Swine Health Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Ting-Yu Cheng, a postdoctoral research fellow at Ohio State University, discusses the complexities of tracking pig movements and their implications for disease control in the swine industry. Dr. Cheng highlights the challenges of data collection and the importance of building comprehensive movement networks to predict and manage disease outbreaks. Listen now!
"We are trying to build a comprehensive network to track pig movements. This will allow us to simulate disease spread and evaluate different control measures effectively."
𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: Dr. Ting-Yu Cheng earned his DVM and Master’s degree in Taiwan, specializing as a swine veterinarian. He later pursued a PhD in Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine with a minor in Statistics at Iowa State University. Currently, Dr. Cheng is a postdoctoral research fellow at Ohio State University, focusing on swine health and disease prevention.
What you will learn:
- (00:00) Highlight
- (01:10) Introduction
- (02:36) Pig movement study
- (04:50) Challenges in data collection
- (06:21) Building movement networks
- (08:57) Data organization
- (09:49) Incentives for data sharing
- (13:06) Closing thoughts
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