Tarni Cooper

• BSc, BVSc (Hons), Senior Research Officer and PhD Candidate
• Senior Research Officer at The University of Queensland

With the rise of the One Health paradigm, ethicists have called for new research approaches, considering the interdependent relationships of humans, animals, and their environment. These relationships can be particularly complex within resource-poor, smallholder livestock systems, necessitating a rigorous informed-consent process. Little has been p...

In September 2019, Timor-Leste, where pigs are kept by more than 70 percent of households, became the eleventh Asian country to report African Swine Fever (ASF). Drawing on our recent, as-yet unpublished research we show that while national pork consumption is low, pigs hold tremendous monetary value for smallholders within the economy of ceremonie...

Participatory epidemiology (PE) evolved as a branch of veterinary epidemiology and has been largely employed for the control and early warning of infectious diseases within resource-limited settings. It was originally based on combining practitioner communication skills with participatory methods to facilitate the involvement of animal caretakers a...

"This scoping study is the rst research initiative aimed at compiling existing evaluation cases with proven methodologies to assess and document evidence-based approaches in the eld of Communication for Development that may be used for designing rural communication services as part of agricultural and rural development policies. It draws on a liter...

This paper outlines Impact Pathways and Policy Context for GBADs in Indonesia

The impacts of African Swine Fever (ASF) have most frequently been described quantitatively though it is increasingly acknowledged these impacts extend well beyond numbers. During 2020, a multidisciplinary team of researchers developed a framework for Socioeconomic and Livelihood Impact Assessment (SELIA) of livestock diseases in smallholder commun...

Small-scale pig farming is highly important to the economic and social status of households in Timor-Leste. The presence of an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in Timor-Leste was confirmed in 2019, a major concern given that around 70% of agricultural households practice pig farming. This research used a virtual spatial group model building proce...

Keynote address, can also be viewed on CGSpace: http://hdl.handle.net/10568/56960

Guest Presentation, can be viewed on CGSpace: http://hdl.handle.net/10568/56957

Guest Lecture to Bachelor of Applied Science, ‘One Health’ students, The University of Queensland Also located on CGSpace: http://hdl.handle.net/10568/56956