Provides knowledge of the possible scenarios for its spread
The completion of the first smart experiment to control animal diseases in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi Food Safety has succeeded in eradicating plague of ruminants from sheep and goats
The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority, in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates University and the College of Rural Areas in Scotland (SRUC), has succeeded in completing the trial of the first integrated smart algorithm, which can be applied to identify possible scenarios for the spread of epidemic and common animal diseases, and the risks involved in the event of their occurrence and their reflection on livestock. In the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, as part of strengthening the biosecurity system in the emirate, and adopting the best data science initiatives and technologies and artificial intelligence algorithms.
The research team held a series of virtual seminars with the aim of building algorithms and simulation systems for the spread of epidemic and common animal diseases, and employing these indicators to support and make decisions related to biosecurity in the short and long term.
The results of simulation systems for the spread of disease epidemics can be used to determine the expected period of time for the beginning and end of the disease epidemic, the number of holdings, and the expected livestock to be infected, in addition to determining the economic cost necessary to ensure full preparedness and rapid response to combat the epidemic, within the simulation, by employing big data for wealth. The fauna of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, its curative and preventive history, and its geographical distribution.
The team also held 12 scientific seminars and practical testing of some disease spread algorithms during the period from April to last July.
The Executive Director of the Livestock Sector, Rashid Muhammad Al-Mansoori, emphasized that artificial intelligence algorithms contribute greatly to enhancing the efficiency of the biosecurity system, and ensuring both animal and human health, and the importance of developing a smart algorithm capable of simulating many related epidemic and common animal diseases. In preparing and preparing to deal with it through optimal planning and developing effective strategies to combat it and limit its spread in the emirate, if it occurs, which will positively affect the increase in the domestic product and the achievement of food security in the country.
The authority had succeeded in developing a "smart algorithm", the first of its kind in the Middle East, to eradicate the disease of PPR, which affects sheep and goats, and to enhance the immunity and development of livestock, by linking the immunization data against PPR with the data of the digital system to define And the registration of livestock in the emirate, and use it as a base to determine the degree of danger that animals may be exposed to.
- The results of the epidemic spread simulation systems help to determine the expected livestock.