Bio

Gustavo uses geospatial analytics to map the spread of infectious diseases and forecast disease emergence. He develops epidemiological tools to investigate the occurrence and spread of animal infectious diseases, providing science-based support for decision-making about prevention and control. Interests include transboundary disease epidemiology, swine health and disease modeling and surveillance.

Publications

• Corrigendum to “Estimating sampling and laboratory capacity for a simulated African swine fever outbreak in the United States” [Prev. Vet. Med. 239 (2025) 106529] , Preventive Veterinary Medicine (2026)
• First highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in a commercial poultry farm in Brazil: Outbreak timeline, control actions, risk analysis, and transmission modeling , Preventive Veterinary Medicine (2026)
• Optimizing the personnel requirements for efficient sampling during simulated African swine fever outbreaks in the United States , Preventive Veterinary Medicine (2026)
• Pig Brother: An AI Framework for Swine Movement Analysis , SSRN Electronic Journal (2026)
• Predicting the spatial distribution and demographics of commercial swine farms in the United States , Preventive Veterinary Medicine (2026)
• Risk factors for Mycoplasma gallisepticum seropositivity in backyard poultry flocks in the vicinity of wintering site for migratory birds in Southern Brazil , Preventive Veterinary Medicine Regional Studies and Reports (2026)
• A CFD-informed barn-level swine disease dissemination model and its use for ventilation optimization , Epidemics (2025)
• Assessing epidemiological parameters and dissemination characteristics of the 2000 and 2001 foot‐and‐mouth disease outbreaks in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil , Ciência Rural (2025)
• Assessment of shock index in healthy cats and in cats presenting to an emergency room with shock , Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (2025)
• Corrigendum to “Analyzing the intrastate and interstate swine movement network in the United States” [Prev. Vet. Med. 230 (2024) 106264] , Preventive Veterinary Medicine (2025)