Abagael Louise Sykes

College of Veterinary Medicine

Works (5)

Updated: July 21st, 2025 14:37

2025 journal article

Estimating sampling and laboratory capacity for a simulated African swine fever outbreak in the United States

Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 239, 106529.

By: J. Galvis  n, M. Satici n, A. Sykes n, K. O’Hara*, L. Rochette*, D. Roberts n, G. Machado* 

author keywords: Disease surveillance; Sampler; Pigs; Response plan; Outbreak management; Foreign animal disease
MeSH headings : Animals; African Swine Fever / epidemiology; African Swine Fever / virology; African Swine Fever / diagnosis; Swine; Disease Outbreaks / veterinary; United States / epidemiology; Laboratories / statistics & numerical data; African Swine Fever Virus / isolation & purification; Specimen Handling / veterinary
topics (OpenAlex): Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology; Vector-Borne Animal Diseases; Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
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Added: April 28, 2025

2025 journal article

Identifying control strategies to eliminate African swine fever in the United States swine industry in under 12 months

Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 242, 106598.

By: A. Sykes n, J. Galvis  n, K. O’Hara*, L. Holmstrom*, C. Corzo * & G. Machado n 

author keywords: Pig movement; Epidemic response; Transmission modeling; National response plan
MeSH headings : Animals; African Swine Fever / prevention & control; African Swine Fever / epidemiology; African Swine Fever / transmission; Swine; Quarantine / veterinary; United States / epidemiology; Disease Eradication / methods; Disease Outbreaks / veterinary; Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control; Southeastern United States / epidemiology
topics (OpenAlex): Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology; Animal Virus Infections Studies; Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
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Added: June 13, 2025

2023 journal article

Estimating the effectiveness of control actions on African swine fever transmission in commercial swine populations in the United States

Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 217, 105962.

By: A. Sykes n, J. Galvis  n, K. O’Hara *, C. Corzo * & G. Machado n 

author keywords: ASF dynamics; Elimination of transmission; Vehicle movements; Disease preparedness; Outbreak response
MeSH headings : Swine; Animals; Female; United States / epidemiology; African Swine Fever / epidemiology; African Swine Fever / prevention & control; African Swine Fever Virus / physiology; Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control; Disease Outbreaks / veterinary; Swine Diseases / epidemiology; Swine Diseases / prevention & control; Movement; Sus scrofa
topics (OpenAlex): Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology; Vector-Borne Animal Diseases; Viral Infections and Immunology Research
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Added: June 13, 2023

2022 journal article

Multiple species animal movements: network properties, disease dynamics and the impact of targeted control actions

Veterinary Research, 53(1).

By: N. Cardenas n, A. Sykes n, F. Lopes* & G. Machado n 

MeSH headings : Animal Husbandry / methods; Animals; Cattle; Cattle Diseases / epidemiology; Cattle Diseases / prevention & control; Epidemics / veterinary; Farms; Livestock; Swine; Swine Diseases / epidemiology; Transportation
topics (OpenAlex): Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology; Zoonotic diseases and public health; Microbial infections and disease research
TL;DR: A stochastic multilevel model was developed to simulate scenarios in which infection was seeded into single host and multi-host farms to quantify disease spread potential, and simulate network-based control actions used to evaluate the reduction of secondarily infected farms. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: March 7, 2022

2021 journal article

Interpretable machine learning applied to on‐farm biosecurity and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 69(4).

By: A. Sykes n, G. Silva *, D. Holtkamp *, B. Mauch*, O. Osemeke *, D. Linhares *, G. Machado n 

Contributors: A. Sykes n, G. Silva *, D. Holtkamp *, B. Mauch*, O. Osemeke *, D. Linhares *, G. Machado n 

author keywords: disease of swine; interpretable machine learning; on-farm biosecurity; PRRSV
MeSH headings : Animal Husbandry / methods; Animals; Biosecurity; Disease Susceptibility / veterinary; Farms; Humans; Machine Learning; Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome / epidemiology; Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome / prevention & control; Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus; Swine
topics (OpenAlex): Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology; Animal Virus Infections Studies; Microbial infections and disease research
TL;DR: A novel interpretable machine learning toolkit was developed to benchmark farms and production systems by predicted risk, and quantify the impact of biosecurity practices on disease risk at individual farms. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: November 1, 2021

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