Detecting Emerging Diseases in Farm Animals through Clinical Observations

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Vourc'h, Gwenaël ; Bridges, Victoria E. ; Gibbens, Jane ; De Groot, Brad D. ; McIntyre, Lachlan ; Poland, Roger ; Barnouin, Jacques
• Description:
  Predicting emerging diseases is among the most difficult challenges facing researchers and health managers. We present available approaches and tools to detect emerging diseases in animals based on clinical observations of farm animals by veterinarians. Three information systems are described and discussed: Veterinary Practitioner Aided Disease Surveillance in New Zealand, the Rapid Syndrome Validation Project-Animal in the United States, and "émergences" in France. These systems are based on syndromic surveillance with the notification of every case or of specific clinical syndromes or on the notification of atypical clinical cases. Data are entered by field veterinarians into forms available through Internet-accessible devices. Beyond challenges of implementing new information systems, minimizing economic and health effects from emerging diseases in animals requires strong synergies across a group of field partners, in research, and in international animal and public health customs and practices.
• Subjects:
  Animals Animals, Domestic Communicable Diseases, Emerging Disease Notification Perspective Population Surveillance Veterinary Medicine
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 12(2):204-210.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  France ; New Zealand ; United States
• Location:
  Europe ; Oceania ; North America
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cf95bed7acccca325e8feb069e50fa80d7a4a20c826a677ce5e17d92cf69d4d8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15917/cdc_15917_DS1.pdf
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