Publications by authors named "Lloyd Kingham"
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- International trade in horticultural products requires strict phytosanitary inspections to certify that the levels of infestation in exported fruit are below certain thresholds.
- The study introduces a hierarchical Bayesian model that combines data from in-field monitoring and consignment inspections to determine the overall prevalence of infested fruit in a production system.
- Results show that effective inspection practices, combined with pre-harvest monitoring, can improve confidence in identifying low infestation rates, highlighting the importance of both methods in managing pest prevalence.
Background: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) causes Johne's disease (or paratuberculosis), a chronic wasting disease of ruminants and other animals resulting from granulomatous enteritis. There are increasing concerns that MAP is zoonotic.
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