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Animal Diseases Surveillance Systems: Tools and Demonstrations
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Animal Diseases Surveillance Systems: Tools and Demonstrations

A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Farm Animal Production".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 October 2023) | Viewed by 3496

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Mo Salman

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Animal Population Health Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1644, USA
Interests: infectious animal diseases; national and regional animal health programs; strategies in preventive veterinary medicine; animal disease surveillance methods and tools
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Animal disease surveillance involves the systematic ongoing collection, collation, and analysis of information related to animal health and the timely dissemination of information so that action can be taken. During the last few decades, there have been several publications and books on animal disease surveillance systems which focus on the systems’ concepts and, more specifically, on either economically important diseases or the academic concept of these systems. Several successful attempts at utilizing those systems in the management of diseases were demonstrated either regionally or globally. Most of those attempts and the lessons learned from them have not been shared in appropriate scientific publications. The aim of this Special Issue is to revisit the concept of animal disease surveillance systems and their values in managing those diseases in various geographical national, regional, and global zones. Both demonstrations and lesson learned are welcome in this Special Issue

Prof. Dr. Mo Salman
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • surveillance
  • animal diseases
  • preventive veterinary medicine
  • surveillance tools
  • surveillance examples
  • veterinary sciences
  • livestock diseases
  • food security
  • one health concept

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Application of Surveillance Principles in the Progressive Control Pathway for Global Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease
by Samia Metwally, Bruce Wagner, Mo Salman, Julian A. Drewe, Giancarlo Ferrari, Melissa McLaws and Jose L. Gonzales
Agriculture 2023, 13(5), 994; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13050994 - 30 Apr 2023
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Progressive control pathways provide a stepwise, measurable approach to disease control. Documenting program progress, assessing intervention efforts, and the achievement of interim outcomes depend on the capability of a surveillance system to provide useful information. We demonstrate a practical surveillance approach that progresses [...] Read more.
Progressive control pathways provide a stepwise, measurable approach to disease control. Documenting program progress, assessing intervention efforts, and the achievement of interim outcomes depend on the capability of a surveillance system to provide useful information. We demonstrate a practical surveillance approach that progresses from measuring broad disease epidemiology and risk factors to specifically evaluating intervention options and documenting low disease prevalence. The process focusses on aligning components with disease program outcomes using foot-and-mouth disease as an example. Full article
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The Role of Animal Health Components in a Biosurveillance System: Concept and Demonstration
by Alwyn Tan, Mo Salman, Bruce Wagner and Brian McCluskey
Agriculture 2023, 13(2), 457; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13020457 - 15 Feb 2023
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Biosurveillance defines the process of gathering, integrating, interpreting, and communicating essential information related to all-hazards threats or disease activity affecting human, animal, or plant health to achieve early detection and warning, contribute to overall situational awareness of the health aspects of an incident, [...] Read more.
Biosurveillance defines the process of gathering, integrating, interpreting, and communicating essential information related to all-hazards threats or disease activity affecting human, animal, or plant health to achieve early detection and warning, contribute to overall situational awareness of the health aspects of an incident, and to enable better decision making for action at all levels. Animal health surveillance is an important component within biosurveillance systems comprising a continuum of activities from detecting biological threats, to analyzing relevant data, to managing identified threats, and embracing a One Health concept. The animal health community can strengthen biosurveillance by adopting various developments such as increasing the alignment, engagement, and participation of stakeholders in surveillance systems, exploring new data streams, improving integration and analysis of data streams for decision-making, enhancing research and application of social sciences and behavioral methods in animal health surveillance, and performing timely evaluation of surveillance systems. The aim of this paper is to explore components of a biosurveillance system from an animal health perspective and identify opportunities for the animal health surveillance community to enhance biosurveillance. Structural and operational diagrams are presented to demonstrate the required components and relevant data of animal health surveillance as an effective part within a biosurveillance system. Full article
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