ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION AND ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION AND RECORDING FOR ANIMAL DISEASE RECORDING FOR ANIMAL DISEASE
PREVENTION AND CONTROLPREVENTION AND CONTROL
Paolo CalistriPaolo CalistriNational Reference Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology,
Programming, Information and Risk Analysis (COVEPI),Istituto Zooprofilattico sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G.
Caporale”, Teramo (Italy)
Contents
• I&R system and AHIS• Objectives of AHIS• Inputs and outputs of an AHIS• Key points for AHIS development• Systems interoperability (Examples)
Foreword
• Any strategy for animal disease prevention and/or control requires the establishment of
an animal health information system (AHISAHIS)• An effective AHIS should be able to collect,
manage
and systematically analyse
relevant epidemiological data, in order to generate
appropriate information for policy‐makers
and other stakeholders
along livestock food value
chains.
I&R system and AHISThe presence of a fully operative animal identification
and registration (I&RI&R) system as well as the existence of an animal traceability (ATAT) system are pre‐requisites for the establishment of an effective and fully integrated
AHIS.
I&R and AHISChoices made in I&R influence AHIS performances
I&R and AHISChoices made in I&R influence AHIS performances
I&R and AHIS
•• Not only depending on identification meansNot only depending on identification meansBut also for example:But also for example:
•• Epidemiological unit choice (holding vs herd Epidemiological unit choice (holding vs herd vs village, pastures codificationvs village, pastures codification…….).)
•• Data collected for each premise / group of Data collected for each premise / group of animal / individual animal (for examples animal / individual animal (for examples
geographic coordinates)geographic coordinates)•• Rules for movements notification (movements Rules for movements notification (movements
to pastures, nomadic herds, to pastures, nomadic herds, ……))
Choices made in I&R influence AHIS performances
AHIS Objectives
•• International obligationsInternational obligations•• International credibilityInternational credibility
•• Efficacy of interventionsEfficacy of interventions•• Reduction of consequencesReduction of consequences
Objectives
Benefits
•• Free of disease demonstrationFree of disease demonstration•• Health status and certificationHealth status and certification
•• Import / Export risk assessmentImport / Export risk assessment•• Support zoning / regionalization / Support zoning / regionalization /
compartmentalization strategiescompartmentalization strategies•• Support to decisionSupport to decision‐‐making processmaking process
Inputs and output of a AHIS
Key points for AHIS development
• AHIS must be based on clear rules clear rules and proceduresprocedures, specifying the responsibilities and tasks of all “actors”
• Data should be validatedvalidated
by those who have produced them
• Respect of the organizational structureorganizational structure, the legal competencies and tasks of the institutions involved
• Integration of different data sources requires data and procedures standardization procedures standardization and the
implementation of common dictionaries common dictionaries and common coding systemscommon coding systems
11SAMPLINGSAMPLING
Animalsamples
Samples form
with a unique
sampling code
Foodsamples
22SAMPLING DATASAMPLING DATA
Results of
laboratory tests
33LABORATORYLABORATORY
44TEST RESULTSTEST RESULTS
Example of integration of I&R and LIMS
11SAMPLES REGISTRATIONSAMPLES REGISTRATION
Sampling data are
automatically
retrieved
Sampling code
Samples
labelling
22SAMPLES TESTINGSAMPLES TESTING
Test results
Scanner 33DIGITAL DIGITAL
SIGNATURESIGNATURE
Example of integration of I&R and LIMS
An example of LIMS integration in African countries
• LIMS web application called “SILAB for Africa”
(SILABFA)
• Interoperability with I&R already in place in Botswana and ongoing in Namibia
Example of integration with I&R for diseases management: Web GIS
Example of integration with AT for diseases management: SNA & tracing tools
Example of integration with AT for diseases management: SNA & tracing tools
In‐field applications
• Smartphones• Tablets
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