Tuesday 25 June 2019

Video games offer clues to help curb animal disease outbreaks

(University of Vermont) As Asia and Europe battle African swine fever outbreaks, UVM research shows how farmers' risk attitudes affect the spread of infectious animal diseases and offers a first-of-its kind model for testing disease control and prevention strategies. Getting just 10% of risk tolerant farmers to adopt biosecurity measures resulted in a significant reduction of disease, but keeping the disease under control required at least 40% of risk-takers to change their behaviors.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://bit.ly/2xeX7CE

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