Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Toward precision veterinary epidemiology: applications, challenges, and opportunities of digitalization and the Big Data revolution in livestock health.
- Journal:
- Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
- Year:
- 2025
- Authors:
- Martínez-López, Beatriz et al.
- Affiliation:
- School of Veterinary Medicine · United States
Plain-English summary
This paper discusses how using digital tools and big data can improve the health of farm animals. It highlights the idea of precision veterinary epidemiology, which means using detailed health information to understand how diseases spread and to create better, more affordable treatments. However, to make this work in real life, we need to improve how we gather and share health data. The authors suggest that bringing together experts from different fields, like veterinarians and computer scientists, is crucial for tackling complicated health problems in animals. Overall, the paper emphasizes the potential benefits of these advancements for livestock health.
Abstract
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.
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