Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs) Surveillance and Control (Including National Veterinary Services, Regional Approach, Regional and International Organisations, GF-TAD)

2019 ◽  
pp. 53-68
Author(s):  
K. Tounkara ◽  
Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann ◽  
O. Diall
Keyword(s):  
International Organisations ◽  
Veterinary Services ◽  
Regional Approach ◽  
Animal Diseases ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Field services : eradication and control of animal diseases : animal health management in the 21st century

2009 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
B.M. Modisane
Keyword(s):  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Movement Control ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Veterinary Services ◽  
Political Will ◽  
Animal Diseases ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
And Control

Prevention, eradication and control of animal diseases, as well as public health assurance are major functions of veterinary authorities. The strategies to control animal diseases differ from disease to disease but are often similar on a disease basis from country to country depending on the main objective of the measure employed. These measures include among others movement control and quarantine, vaccination, treatment and mass slaughtering. However, not every country uses all these control measures at the same time. A combination of measures may be employed to avoid spreading of the disease from infected to clean animals and success is dependent on a variety of factors, including the strength and capacity of the veterinary services, cross border efforts for disease surveillance, political will, diagnostic facilities and financial support.

scholarly journals A literature-based review was made to assess the applications of GIS in veterinary epidemiology and its relevance in the prevention and control of animal diseases.

2020 ◽  
pp. 047-051
Author(s):  
Fayisa Wakgari Oljira
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Complex Disease ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Early Warning Systems ◽  
Animal Diseases ◽  
Veterinary Epidemiology ◽  
And Control

A literature-based review was made to assess the applications of GIS in veterinary epidemiology and its relevance in the prevention and control of animal diseases. GIS is “a powerful set of tools for collecting, retrieving, transforming, and displaying spatial data from the real world”. Overall, a GIS is a platform consisting of hardware, software, data, and people and encompasses a fundamental and universally applicable set of value-added tools for capturing, transforming, managing, analyzing, and presenting information that is geographically referenced. These data can be combined with population data and previous disease records for the prediction of diseases. Applications of GIS are very wide in all human activities. It is used for marketing studies, telecommunications, and the location of restaurants, museums, and hospitals; in tracking truck traffic; in establishing maps of animal population density by species or maps of changes in vegetation; in locating forests, rivers, and mountains and in determining soil compositions. The application of GIS to the veterinary field has been developed over the last decade. Specialized software is becoming more affordable and user friendly. GIS can be applied in veterinary epidemiology for investigation of complex disease problems, GIS is used for early warning systems, for recording and reporting disease information and for planning animal disease prevention and control program. One of the most useful functions of GIS in epidemiology is its utility in basic mapping. It is believed that GIS will play an important role in the control and eradication of epidemic Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs). Thus training of veterinary staff on GIS, its tools, and applications are highly recommended.

scholarly journals Transboundary diseases of animals: Concerns and management strategies

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-126
Author(s):  
M Ariful Islam
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Emerging Infections ◽  
Livestock Farming ◽  
Regional Organizations ◽  
Animal Diseases ◽  
Livestock Farmers ◽  
And Control ◽  
Epidemic Diseases

Transboundary animal diseases (TADs) are greatly contagious epidemic diseases that can spread very rapidly, irrespective of national borders. They cause high rates of death and disease in animals, thereby having serious socio-economic and sometimes public health consequences while constituting a steady threat to the livelihoods of livestock farmers. With the development of technology, livestock production has gained an integral position in the national economy, socioeconomic development, poverty alleviation and nutrition supply for human. Livestock farming is one of the important sources of livelihood to rural peoples in Bangladesh. A healthy livestock is pleasure of any country including Bangladesh. However, rapid trend of globalization has brought upon challenges in maintaining healthy herds of livestock. The emerging infections of foreign origin could spread across national geographical borders and cause devastation in livestock population. As a result, there will be an emergence and spread of new disease in the region which was once free from the disease. Regional and international approaches have to be followed, and the FAO and OIE Global framework-TADs initiative provides the suitable concepts and objectives as well as an organizational framework to link international and regional organizations at the service of their countries to better prevent and control the risks on animal and human health and the economic impact of TADs and emerging animal diseases. In this paper, we have summarized the main diseases of livestock that are transboundary in nature, and sum up the challenges and necessary management strategies in controlling the transboundary diseases.Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.3(1): 121-126, April 2016

scholarly journals A questionnaire survey of perceptions and preventive measures related to animal health amongst cattle owners of rural communities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2007 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
U.W. Hesterberg ◽  
R. Bagnall ◽  
K. Perrett ◽  
R. Horner ◽  
B. Gummow
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Tick Control ◽  
Management Problem ◽  
Veterinary Services ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
And Control

A questionnaire survey of 315 cattle owners from the rural districts of KwaZulu-Natal was carried out. The aim of the survey was to improve our understanding of local farmers' perceptions and practices of animal disease prevention and control and to establish the extent of their relationship with veterinary services. The survey showed that many owners practice preventive measures such as deworming, tick control and vaccination. Traditional medicines were in use by over half the respondents (58.9 %). Diseases are regarded as an important management problem (56.1 %); ticks, worms and diarrhoea dominated the mentioned health problems in cattle. Veterinary services still play an important role and are a frequent source of advice to owners. The findings of the survey and their context are discussed.

scholarly journals Analysis of Bee Population Decline in Lombardy during the Period 2014–2016 and Identification of High-Risk Areas

Pathogens ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1004
Author(s):  
Veronica Cappa ◽  
Monica Pierangela Cerioli ◽  
Alessandra Scaburri ◽  
Marco Tironi ◽  
Marco Farioli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Plant Protection ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Population Decline ◽  
Plant Protection Products ◽  
Risk Map ◽  
Veterinary Services ◽  
Risk Areas ◽  
And Control ◽  
Bee Decline

The first events of bee decline in Italy were reported during 1999. Since then, population decline has frequently been reported in Lombardy. In this study, the association between bee decline and the type of land surrounding the apiary was evaluated. A risk map was developed to identify areas with the highest risk of decline. Apiaries in Lombardy were selected from the national beekeeping database (BDA). The study period was from 2014 to 2016. Apiaries were deemed “declined” if they reported at least one event of decline or tested positive for plant protection products; apiaries were “not declined” if they did not report any events of bee decline during the study period. Out of 14,188 apiaries extracted from the BDA, 80 were considered declined. The probability of an apiary being declined increases by 10% in orchards and by 2% in arable land for each additional km2 of land occupied by these crops. The study showed an association between bee decline and the type of territory surrounding the apiaries, and the areas at the greatest risk of decline in Lombardy were identified. This information can be used by Veterinary Services as a predictive parameter for planning prevention and control activities.

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