Using high frequency GPS data to assess wintering goose proximity to commercial poultry facilities on the Delmarva peninsula for avian influenza risk management and surveillance.
PloS one·
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0355415
- PMID
- 42678946
- PMCID
- PMC13533351
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- Study type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Publisher unavailable
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
The findings describe a possible way to prioritize biosecurity or surveillance resources around poultry facilities using observed wintering-waterfowl presence. This is an evidence-context signal from the supplied article and does not establish that the ranking method is validated for current surveillance or outbreak prediction.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
The study examined whether fine-scale GPS observations of wintering geese could support a risk-ranking approach for commercial poultry facilities and identify temporal, geographic, and land-cover factors associated with goose presence near those facilities.
Study design
This was an observational study using GPS tracking of two goose species across four winters from 2019 to 2023. The authors developed facility rankings from goose-location rates and modeled exposure in relation to time, geography, temperature, and nearby land-cover features.
Population and setting
The study tracked 59 Greater Snow Geese and 9 Canada Geese during winter in the Delmarva Peninsula, assessing their proximity to 6,021 commercial poultry facilities. The setting included areas near water bodies, wildlife refuges, sewage-treatment facilities, and the coast.
Main findings
Seven poultry facilities with reported outbreaks were located in the 78th to 99th risk percentiles, including one among the 25 highest-ranked facilities. Goose presence near facilities varied by week, temperature, species, and nearby environmental features; the abstract also reports that approximately one-third of facilities had GPS-marked waterfowl present during winter.
Public-health relevance
The findings describe a possible way to prioritize biosecurity or surveillance resources around poultry facilities using observed wintering-waterfowl presence. This is an evidence-context signal from the supplied article and does not establish that the ranking method is validated for current surveillance or outbreak prediction.
Important limitations
The abstract identifies limited sample sizes for the tracked geese. This summary relies on the supplied single-article abstract and metadata; the original paper is required for decision-grade assessment of methods, uncertainty, validation, outbreak ascertainment, and generalizability.
GIDS interpretation
The article is discoverable as evidence concerning H5N1-related poultry biosecurity and wild-bird surveillance, with a geographic focus on the United States and topics classified as surveillance and outbreak investigation. Its results provide contextual background only and do not confirm or quantify a live surveillance signal.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 10 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.