Frequently Asked Questions

The toolkit projects population-level immunity against Foot-and-Mouth Disease in livestock using vaccination data and antibody levels. It supports veterinary officials as decision-support for reviewing vaccination campaigns.

The model divides the population into compartments (susceptible, infected, recovered, vaccinated) under the assumption that all animals mix equally. It assumes immediate vaccination protection and uses Weibull waning to model gradual immunity loss. These assumptions simplify real-world complexities while remaining useful for planning.

Enter your local vaccination coverage and seroprotection data. The toolkit estimates immunity across your livestock population and helps identify the minimum vaccination coverage and optimal timing needed to reduce outbreak risk.

The PatchSim metapopulation model uses district-level population figures (Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services, Karnataka) and an inter-district mobility matrix derived from livestock movement records. Vaccination and seroprotection inputs can be overridden from the form.

The Outbreak Spread tool writes a daily-infected-per-district CSV per simulation run; the link appears once the sim completes. Immunity Projection charts can be exported from the Plotly toolbar.

No. Batch uploads are read into a per-request temporary directory which is cleaned up when the response is returned. No uploads are retained between requests.