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Jordi Casal is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine. Their research primarily focuses on Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, with additional engagement in Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health, Streptococcal Infections and Treatments, Viral Infections and Vectors, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, and Viral Gastroenteritis Research and Epidemiology.

Their recent publications include the following:

  • Evaluation of the economic impact of classical and African swine fever epidemics using OutCosT, a new spreadsheet-based tool, 2022, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Stochastic Assessment of the Economic Impact of Streptococcus suis-Associated Disease in German, Dutch and Spanish Swine Farms, 2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Influence on the implementation of biosecurity measures in dairy cattle farms: Communication between veterinarians and dairy farmers, 2021, Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • Cattle farmers' perception of biosecurity measures and the main predictors of behaviour change: The first European-wide pilot study, 2020, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Development of a quantitative risk assessment of bovine viral diarrhea virus and bovine herpesvirus-1 introduction in dairy cattle herds to improve biosecurity, 2020, Journal of Dairy Science

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Alberto Allepuz, Giovanna Ciaravino, Daniel Beltrán-Alcrudo, Bibiana Benavides Benavides, and E. Yus.

Their work appears regularly in several publication venues, notably:

  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • Ciències revista del professorat de ciències de Primària i Secundària
  • Journal of Dairy Science

The research covers a range of subfields including Agronomy and Crop Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Small Animals. Jordi Casal's work addresses important topics such as managing and assessing the economic and epidemiological impact of animal diseases, improving biosecurity practices in livestock farming, and exploring the relationships between veterinary communication and farmer behavior.

Best Publications

  • Infection, excretion and seroconversion dynamics of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) in pigs from post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) affected farms in Spain and Denmark.

    Llorenç Grau-Roma;Charlotte K. Hjulsager;Marina Sibila;Charlotte S. Kristensen

  • Dynamics of porcine circovirus type 2 infection in a herd of pigs with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome.

    Gabriela M Rodríguez-Arrioja;Joaquim Segalés;Maria Calsamiglia;Ana R Resendes

  • Causes of Morbidity in Wild Raptor Populations Admitted at a Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Spain from 1995-2007: A Long Term Retrospective Study

    Rafael A. Molina-López;Jordi Casal;Laila Darwich

  • Biosecurity measures on swine farms in Spain: Perceptions by farmers and their relationship to current on-farm measures

    J. Casal;A. De Manuel;E. Mateu;M. Martín

  • Spatial distribution of wild boar population abundance: Basic information for spatial epidemiology and wildlife management

    Pelayo Acevedo;Pelayo Acevedo;Pelayo Acevedo;Francisco Quirós-Fernández;Jordi Casal;Joaquín Vicente

  • Evolution of ORF5 of Spanish porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus strains from 1991 to 2005.

    E. Mateu;I. Díaz;L. Darwich;J. Casal

  • An exploratory study on risk factors for postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) in Spain.

    S. López-Soria;J. Segalés;N. Rose;M.J. Viñas

  • Longitudinal study of hepatitis E virus infection in Spanish farrow-to-finish swine herds

    Maribel Casas;Raquel Cortés;Sonia Pina;Bibiana Peralta

  • Biosecurity practices in Spanish pig herds: perceptions of farmers and veterinarians of the most important biosecurity measures.

    M Simon-Grifé;G E Martín-Valls;M J Vilar-Ares;I García-Bocanegra

  • Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with Toxoplasma gondii in domestic pigs from Spain.

    Ignacio García-Bocanegra;Meritxell Simon-Grifé;Jitender P. Dubey;Jordi Casal

  • Swine influenza virus infection dynamics in two pig farms; results of a longitudinal assessment

    Meritxell Simon-Grifé;Gerard E Martín-Valls;María J Vilar;Núria Busquets

  • Possible introduction of bluetongue into the Balearic Islands, Spain, in 2000, via air streams.

    A. Alba;J. Casal;M. Domingo

  • Bluetongue epidemiology in wild ruminants from Southern Spain

    Ignacio García;Sebastián Napp;Jordi Casal;Anselmo Perea

  • Seroprevalence and risk factors of swine influenza in Spain

    M. Simon-Grifé;G.E. Martín-Valls;M.J. Vilar;I. García-Bocanegra

  • Vaccination with a genotype 1 modified live vaccine against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus significantly reduces viremia, viral shedding and transmission of the virus in a quasi-natural experimental model.

    Emanuela Pileri;Elisa Gibert;Ferran Soldevila;Ariadna García-Saenz

  • Economic cost of lumpy skin disease outbreaks in three Balkan countries: Albania, Bulgaria and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (2016-2017).

    Jordi Casal;Alberto Allepuz;Aleksandra Miteva;Ledi Pite

  • Dairy farmers' decision-making to implement biosecurity measures: A study of psychosocial factors.

    Sebastián Moya;Francisco Tirado;Josep Espluga;Giovanna Ciaravino

  • Monitoring bluetongue disease (BTV-1) epidemic in southern Spain during 2007.

    A. Allepuz;I. García-Bocanegra;S. Napp;J. Casal

  • Analysis of the spatial variation of Bovine tuberculosis disease risk in Spain (2006–2009)

    A. Allepuz;J. Casal;S. Napp;M. Saez

  • Epidemiology of salmonella infections in pig units and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of the strains of Salmonella species isolated.

    W. Mejía;J. Casal;D. Zapata;G. J. Sánchez

  • Epidemiological investigation of bovine tuberculosis herd breakdowns in Spain 2009/2011.

    Sintayehu Guta;Jordi Casal;Sebastian Napp;Jose Luis Saez

  • Understanding the legal trade of cattle and camels and the derived risk of Rift Valley Fever introduction into and transmission within Egypt.

    Sebastian Napp;Veronique Chevalier;Núria Busquets;Paolo Calistri

  • Characterization and evolution of countries affected by bovine brucellosis (1996-2014).

    Liliana Cárdenas;Lina Awada;Paolo Tizzani;Paula Cáceres

  • Study of urgent visits to commercial rabbit farms in Spain and Portugal during 1997-2007

    J.M. Rosell;L.F. de la Fuente;J.I. Badiola;D. Fernández de Luco

  • Animal Diseases Caused by Orbiviruses, Algeria

    Hafsa Madani;Jordi Casal;Anna Alba;Alberto Allepuz

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto Allepuz
Alberto Allepuz Autonomous University of Barcelona
Enric Mateu
Enric Mateu Autonomous University of Barcelona
Ignacio García-Bocanegra
Ignacio García-Bocanegra University of Córdoba
Mariano Domingo
Mariano Domingo Autonomous University of Barcelona
Pelayo Acevedo
Pelayo Acevedo University of Castilla-La Mancha
Joaquim Segalés
Joaquim Segalés Autonomous University of Barcelona
Sonia Almería
Sonia Almería United States Food and Drug Administration
Joaquín Vicente
Joaquín Vicente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Emmanuel Serrano
Emmanuel Serrano Autonomous University of Barcelona
Simon Gubbins
Simon Gubbins The Pirbright Institute

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