Canadian FoodInspection Agency
Agence canadienned’inspection des aliments
www.inspection.gc.ca www.cahss.ca
Design effective disease surveillance and develop analytical tools and methods (e.g. disease modelling, cluster analysis, geo-epidemiology)
• Conduct epidemiological analysis of surveillance data from external sources
• Perform epidemiological and geospatial analysis• Evaluate the reliability of diagnostic tests
• Support development and policies of national and international guidelines/policies through scientific advice and discussions
Report Canada’s zoosanitary status to the OIE and international trading partners
Provide surveillance and epidemiological advice to decision makers and senior management within the CFIA Operations and Policy and Programs Branches
CFIA
Aquatic Animal Health Surveillance & Epidemiology
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Our research � Quantitative model to assess
sensitivity on-farm clinical surveillance
� Epidemiological inference model to assess to which populations surveillance data can be extrapolated
� Evaluation of surveillance system sensitivity for reportable diseases at the country level
� Quality Assurance system for surveillance–identify critical control points from field to lab
� Model to evaluate the effect of sample characteristics on diagnostic test parameters
Design and coordinate national and regional evidence-based aquatic animal disease surveillance systems
Maintain and enhance expertise in the field of aquatic animal health surveillance within the Agency
Build and strengthen partnerships with academia, industry, government and Aboriginal groups in the field of aquatic animal surveillance
• Gather contextual, risk and surveillance evidence• Evaluate the sensitivity of national and regional
surveillance systems for emerging and regulated diseases
• Prepare and distribute surveillance reports• Design surveillance to evaluate, demonstrate
and support disease freedom status• Align with international standards and
guidelines as set by the OIE
Our scope
Our role � Facilitates access to
domestic and international markets
� Supports domestic and foreign aquatic animal disease control programmes
� Meets Canada’s international obligations to report disease occurrence to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
� Canadian Watersheds, Specific Commodity and Industry
� Over 400 finfish, molluscs and crustaceans � Emerging and regulated diseases: reportable, immediately notifiable, annually notifiable
Targeted Risk-based Surveillance
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Resource Planning
Implementation and Delivery
ProgramReview
Plan and Analysis
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Scope and Goal (Why, what and how)
Apparent disease status(sporadic, endemic, exotic)
Communication
Risk Mapping
LEGENDRISK STATUS
R0 [No]R1 [Low]R1+ [Medium]R2 [High]
Our mandate
Diagnostic Testing
Syndromic Surveillance
PublicReporting
Routine Sampling
Scanning Surveillance