The pig transport network in Switzerland: Structure, patterns, and implications for the transmission of infectious diseases between animal holdings

• Martin Sterchi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sterchi@ifi.uzh.ch

  Affiliations Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland, School of Business, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW, Olten, Switzerland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1105-8780

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• Céline Faverjon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Cristina Sarasua,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Maria Elena Vargas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

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• John Berezowski ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: John Berezowski, Abraham Bernstein, Rolf Grütter, Heiko Nathues

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3343-908X

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• Abraham Bernstein ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: John Berezowski, Abraham Bernstein, Rolf Grütter, Heiko Nathues

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Rolf Grütter ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: John Berezowski, Abraham Bernstein, Rolf Grütter, Heiko Nathues

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

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• Heiko Nathues

  Contributed equally to this work with: John Berezowski, Abraham Bernstein, Rolf Grütter, Heiko Nathues

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic for Swine, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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