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30 April 2022 As part of the STOC free project, a Bayesian Hidden Markov model was developed, called STOC free model, to estimate the probability of infection at herd-level. In the current study, the STOC free model was applied to BVDV field data in four study regions, from control programmes (CPs) based on ear notch samples.  ... more

25 January 2022 When a disease is still present, in order to identify herds that are safe to trade with, estimating herd-level probabilities of being infected when classified “free from infection” using field data is of major interest. Our objective was to evaluate the capacity of a Bayesian Hidden Markov Model, which computes a herd-level probability of being infected, to detect infected herds compared to using test results only. ... more

7 December 2021 On December 7th, 2021 the results of the STOC free project were presented by Prof. Gerdien van Schaik  at the FESASS conference.... more

12 November 2021 Jenny Frössling, SVA presenting "Scenario tree model Sweden and the generalisability of the model" at the "STOC free decision makers webinar" in 2021.  ... more

26 April 2021 Various European Member States have implemented control or eradication programmes for endemic infectious diseases in cattle. The design of these programmes varies between countries and therefore comparison of the outputs of different control programmes is complex. Although output-based methods to estimate the confidence of freedom resulting from these programmes are under development, as yet there is no practical modeling framework applicable to a variety of infectious diseases. Therefore, a data collection tool was developed to evaluate data availability and quality and to collect actual input data required for such a modeling framework. ... more

31 July 2020 Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) is endemic in many parts of the world, and multiple countries have implemented surveillance activities for disease control or eradication. In such control programs, the disease-free status can be compromised by factors that pose risks for introduction or persistence of the virus. ... more

5 March 2020 For endemic infections in cattle that are not regulated at the European Union level, such as bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), European Member States have implemented control or eradication programs (CEP) tailored to their specific situations.  ... more

25 October 2019 This meeting focused on the implementation of the Animal Health Law by studying the assets and challenges for farmers and their animal health organisations. ... more

8 October 2019 On 8th and 9th October we had the second annual meeting held at the Free University, Berlin, Germany ... more

14 June 2019 We added a list for all deliverables at https://stocfree.eu/results/deliverables. There you can find all reports for the deliverables. ... more

18 April 2019 Annika van Roon presented the poster “Challenges when comparing disease control programmes” and Inge Santman presented the poster “Development of a Surveillance analysis Tool for Outcome-based Comp... more

27 March 2019 Annika van Roon presented the poster “Challenges when comparing disease control programmes” at SVEPM 2019. More at... more

15 November 2018 On Thursday 15th of November two presentations about STOC free were given at the International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE 15) in Chiang Mai, Thailand ... more

9 November 2018 Presentation to the stakeholders in United Kingdom by Carla Gomes on the project and its progress ... more

12 September 2018 The first annual newsletter was developed and reported to EFSA. ... more

28 August 2018 Informing the Dutch stakeholders about the project and its progress.... more

12 July 2018 Discussion UK about the project and its aims with their stakeholders. Officials attending the meeting were from the Animal Health and Welfare Division of Scottish Government ... more

12 April 2018 On Friday 23rd March 2018 a face-to-face meeting of the project partners took place in Tallin, Estonia. The meeting was very fruitful with our PhD students presenting their work and the model. ... more

23 March 2018 Inge Sandman obtains the poster-prize at the SVEPM-conference   ... more

7 February 2018 Discussion NL on progress of the project with their national financers (the Dutch ministry of agriculture, nature and food safety). ... more

24 January 2018 Presentation at the EFSA expert panel meeting in Parma, Italy.   ... more

1 December 2017 Internal seminar of FESASS at GD, Netherlands (http://www.fesass.eu/fr/information/34200/activites)  ... more