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ArticleMicroorganisms2024

Exploring Pathogen Presence Prediction in Pastured Poultry Farms through Transformer-Based Models and Attention Mechanism Explainability.

Athish Ram Das, Nisha Pillai, Bindu Nanduri, Michael J Rothrock, Mahalingam Ramkumar

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Article in Microorganisms, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Impact of Farm Management Practices onFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  4. Persistence of non-typhoidalFrontiers in microbiology · 2026
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Athish Ram DasDepartment of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762, USA.
Nisha PillaiDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2275-6998
Bindu NanduriDepartment of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762, USA.
Michael J RothrockEgg Safety and Quality Research Unit, USDA-ARS U.S. National Poultry Research Center, Athens, GA 30605, USA.
Mahalingam RamkumarDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762, USA.

Funding

United States Department of Agriculture 58-6064-3-017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we explore how transformer models, which are known for their attention mechanisms, can improve pathogen prediction in pastured poultry farming. By combining farm management practices with microbiome data, our model outperforms traditional prediction methods in terms of the F1 score-an evaluation metric for model performance-thus fulfilling an essential need in predictive microbiology. Additionally, the emphasis is on making our model's predictions explainable. We introduce a novel approach for identifying feature importance using the model's attention matrix and the PageRank algorithm, offering insights that enhance our comprehension of established techniques such as DeepLIFT. Our results showcase the efficacy of transformer models in pathogen prediction for food safety and mark a noteworthy contribution to the progress of explainable AI within the biomedical sciences. This study sheds light on the impact of effective farm management practices and highlights the importance of technological advancements in ensuring food safety.

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food safetyPageRankpathogentransformer

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PMID39065042
PMCPMC11278766

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