OPEN LETTER The DECIDE project: from surveillance data to decision- support for farmers and veterinarians [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] Gerdien van Schaik 1,2 , Miel Hostens 1,3 , Céline Faverjon 4 , Dan B. Jensen 5 , Anders R. Kristensen 5 , Pauline Ezanno 6 , Jenny Frössling 7 , Fernanda Dórea 7 , Britt-Bang Jensen 8 , Luis Pedro Carmo 8 , Wilma Steeneveld 1 , Jonathan Rushton 9 , William Gilbert 9 , Angela Bearth 10 , Michael Siegrist 10 , Jasmeet Kaler 11 , Johannes Ripperger 12 , Jamuna Siehler 12 , Sjaak de Wit 1,2 , Beatriz Garcia-Morante 13,14 , Joaquim Segalés 13,15,16 , Bart Pardon 17 , Jade Bokma 17 , Mirjam Nielen 1 1 accelopment Schweiz AG, Zurich, Switzerland 2 IRTA Programes de Sanitat i Benestar Animals, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 3 Unitat Mixta d'Investigació IRTA-UAB en Sanitat Animal, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 4 OIE Collaborating Centre for the Research and Control of Emerging and Re-Emerging Swine Diseases in Europe (IRTA-CReSA), Barcelona, Spain 5 Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, UAB, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 6 Department of Internal Medicine, Reproduction and Population Medicine, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium 7 Department of Population Health Sciences, Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, 3508TD, The Netherlands 8 Royal GD, Deventer, The Netherlands 9 Laboratory for Animal Nutrition and Animal Product Quality (Lanupro), Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium 10 AUSVET Europe, Lyon, France 11 Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark 12 Oniris, INRAE, BIOEPAR, Nantes, France 13 Department of Disease Control and Epidemiology, National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden 14 Section for Epidemiology, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway 15 Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England, UK 16 Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich, Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland 17 School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, UK First published: 17 May 2023, 3:82 https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.15988.1 Latest published: 17 May 2023, 3:82 https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.15988.1 v1 Abstract Farmers, veterinarians and other animal health managers in the livestock sector are currently missing sufficient information on prevalence and burden of contagious endemic animal diseases. They Open Peer Review Approval Status AWAITING PEER REVIEW Any reports and responses or comments on the article can be found at the end of the article. Open Research Europe Page 1 of 8 Open Research Europe 2023, 3:82 Last updated: 18 MAY 2023