Impact of COVID-19 on the delivery of veterinary services and animal disease reporting

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Animal Disease ◽  
Veterinary Services ◽  
Disease Reporting

The impact of national policies on animal disease reporting within selected Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs)

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (7) ◽  
pp. 1547-1558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Tukana ◽  
Robert Hedlefs ◽  
Bruce Gummow
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Island ◽  
Animal Disease ◽  
Disease Reporting ◽  
National Policies ◽  
Pacific Island Countries ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals High real-time reporting of domestic and wild animal diseases following rollout of mobile phone reporting system in Kenya

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0244119
Author(s):  
M. Kariuki Njenga ◽  
Naomi Kemunto ◽  
Samuel Kahariri ◽  
Lindsey Holmstrom ◽  
Harry Oyas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Reporting System ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Wild Animal ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Animal Disease ◽  
Disease Reporting

Background To improve early detection of emerging infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), many of them zoonotic, numerous electronic animal disease-reporting systems have been piloted but not implemented because of cost, lack of user friendliness, and data insecurity. In Kenya, we developed and rolled out an open-source mobile phone-based domestic and wild animal disease reporting system and collected data over two years to investigate its robustness and ability to track disease trends. Methods The Kenya Animal Biosurveillance System (KABS) application was built on the Java® platform, freely downloadable for android compatible mobile phones, and supported by web-based account management, form editing and data monitoring. The application was integrated into the surveillance systems of Kenya’s domestic and wild animal sectors by adopting their existing data collection tools, and targeting disease syndromes prioritized by national, regional and international animal and human health agencies. Smartphone-owning government and private domestic and wild animal health officers were recruited and trained on the application, and reports received and analyzed by Kenya Directorate of Veterinary Services. The KABS application performed automatic basic analyses (frequencies, spatial distribution), which were immediately relayed to reporting officers as feedback. Results Of 697 trained domestic animal officers, 662 (95%) downloaded the application, and >72% of them started reporting using the application within three months. Introduction of the application resulted in 2- to 14-fold increase in number of disease reports when compared to the previous year (relative risk = 14, CI 13.8–14.2, p<0.001), and reports were more widely distributed. Among domestic animals, food animals (cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and chicken) accounted for >90% of the reports, with respiratory, gastrointestinal and skin diseases constituting >85% of the reports. Herbivore wildlife (zebra, buffalo, elephant, giraffe, antelopes) accounted for >60% of the wildlife disease reports, followed by carnivores (lions, cheetah, hyenas, jackals, and wild dogs). Deaths, traumatic injuries, and skin diseases were most reported in wildlife. Conclusions This open-source system was user friendly and secure, ideal for rolling out in other countries in SSA to improve disease reporting and enhance preparedness for epidemics of zoonotic diseases.

scholarly journals PRICES FOR PAID VETERINARY SERVICES NOVOCHEBOKSARSK CITY ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL STATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 248 (4) ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
A.I. Akmullin ◽  
◽  
E.N. Trofimova ◽  
M.N. Vasiliev ◽  
S.M. Domolazov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Animal Disease ◽  
Veterinary Services ◽  
Veterinary Service ◽  
Price List ◽  
Animal Diseases ◽  
Animal Disease Control ◽  
Budgetary Institutions ◽  
Scientific Justification

In the conditions of small towns, the scientific justification of the current prices for veterinary work (services) provided by budgetary institutions of the state veterinary service is of particular importance. The article presents the results of the authors research on the development of a price list of tariffs for paid veterinary services for the Novocheboksarsk city station for the control of animal diseases. 528 prices for paid veterinary services provided by the institution have been developed. Developed in 2021 prices in comparison with the current ones (2015) for the maintenance of productive animals increased from 1.2 to 3 times; for the maintenance of dogs, cats and other unproductive animals - from 1.3 to 4.2 times; for veterinary and sanitary examination and other types of veterinary work - from 1.6 to 6 times.

scholarly journals High Real-time Reporting of Domestic and Wild Animal Diseases Following Rollout of Mobile Phone Reporting System in Kenya

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kariuki Njenga ◽  
Naomi Kemunto ◽  
Samuel Kahariri ◽  
Lindsey Holmstrom ◽  
Harry Oyas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Wild Animal ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Animal Disease ◽  
User Friendliness ◽  
Disease Reporting ◽  
Sub Saharan

AbstractBackgroundTo improve early detection of emerging infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), many of them zoonotic, numerous electronic animal disease-reporting systems have been piloted but not implemented because of cost, lack of user friendliness, and data insecurity. In Kenya, we developed and rolled out an open-source mobile phone-based domestic and wild animal disease reporting system and collected data over two years to demonstrate its robustness and ability to track disease trends.MethodsThe Kenya Animal Biosurveillance System (KABS) application was built on the Java® platform, freely downloadable for android compatible mobile phones, and supported by web-based account management, form editing and data monitoring. The application was integrated into the surveillance systems of Kenya’s domestic and wild animal sectors by adopting their existing data collection tools, and targeting disease syndromes prioritized by national, regional and international animal and human health agencies. Smartphone-owning government and private domestic and wild animal health officers were recruited and trained on the application, and reports received and analyzed by Kenya Directorate of Veterinary Services. The KABS application performed automatic basic analyses (frequencies, spatial distribution), which were immediately relayed to reporting officers as feedback.ResultsOver 95% of trained domestic animal officers downloaded the application, and >72% of them started reporting using the application within three months. Introduction of the application resulted in 2- to 10-fold increase in number of disease reports when compared the previous year (p<0.05), and reports were more spatially distributed. Among domestic animals, food animals (cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and chicken) accounted for >90% of the reports, with respiratory, gastrointestinal and skin diseases constituting >85% of the reports. Herbivore wildlife (zebra, buffalo, elephant, giraffe, antelopes) accounted for >60% of the wildlife disease reports, followed by carnivores (lions, cheetah, hyenas, jackals, and wild dogs). Deaths, traumatic injuries, and skin diseases were most reported in wildlife.ConclusionsThis open-source system was user friendly and secure, ideal for rolling out in other countries in SSA to improve disease reporting and enhance preparedness for epidemics of zoonotic diseases.Authors SummaryTaking advantage of a recently developed freely downloadable disease reporting application in the United States, we customized it for android smartphones to collect and submit domestic and wild animal disease data in real-time in Kenya. To enhance user friendliness, the Kenya Animal Biosurveillance System (KABS) was installed with disease reporting tools currently used by the animal sector and tailored to collected data on transboundary animal disease important for detecting zoonotic endemic and emerging diseases. The KABS database was housed by the government of Kenya, providing important assurance on its security. The application had a feedback module that performed basics analysis to provide feedback to the end-user in real-time. Rolling out of KABS resulted in >70% of domestic and wildlife disease surveillance officers using it to report, resulting in exponential increase in frequency and spatial distributions of reports regions. Utility of the system was demonstrated by successful detected a Rift Valley fever outbreak in livestock in 2018, resulting in early response and prevention of widespread human infections. For the wildlife sector in Eastern Africa, the application provided the first disease surveillance system developed. This open-source system is ideal for rolling out in other countries in sub-Saharan Africa to improve disease reporting and enhance preparedness for epidemics of zoonotic diseases.

Farmers, Animal Disease Reporting and The Effect of Trust: A Study of West Australian Sheep and Cattle Farmers

Rural Society ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Palmer ◽  
Max Sully ◽  
Farida Fozdar
Keyword(s):  
Animal Disease ◽  
Disease Reporting ◽  
Australian Sheep

Animal Disease and Human Trauma

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Convery ◽  
Maggie Mort ◽  
Josephine Baxter ◽  
Cathy Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Animal Disease
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