Disease Surveillance Plan &
Ontario Animal Health Network 3rd annual stakeholder meeting
“Staying ahead of the curve” October 1st, 2015
Arboretum, Guelph
Dr. Grant Maxie Dr. Melanie Barham
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VISION Public trust and confidence from a collaborative animal health network in Ontario
MISSION Coordinated preparedness, early detection, and response to animal disease through sustainable cross-sector networks
5-Year Program
Disease Surveillance Plan (DSP)
2013 to 2018
OMAFRA
DSP
(Ontario Animal Health Network)
• AHL
• OMAFRA
• University of Guelph
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PROVINCIAL
and
FEDERAL
GROWING
FORWARD 2
$1.3 million/ year
Timeline of events
2013 Funding for DSP approved
2018 End of funding period…
2016, 2017, 2018 DSP meeting
2015 DSP Meeting: Tailoring the OAHN plan, increasing industry involvement
Determine models for achieving OAHN objectives
Sept 10, 2013 DSP Meeting: Stakeholder requirements for disease surveillance
Develop models with sector groups
Sept 10, 2014 DSP Meeting: Present OAHN plan, solicit feedback
July/Aug 2014 Pilot the “Expert Networks” with swine and small ruminants
Sept 10, 2014 First OAHN Podcasts
Sept 2015 Small animals
July 2015 Mink/Alternative
Feb 2015 Poultry
March 2015 Equine
Oct 2014 Fish
June 2015 Bees
April 2015 Bovine April 2015
Avian Influenza diagnosed in Ontario, OAHN calls
Sept 2015 Bluetongue diagnosed in Ontario, OAHN calls
DSP Overview- 4 Pillars
Environmental scan, consult and engage stakeholders
Enhance Ontario disease
surveillance
Integrate with national
surveillance
Develop better tools for managing risk
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Environmental scan, consult and engage stakeholders
Highlights
• Annual stakeholder meetings (2013, 2014, 2015)
• Check-in meetings with networks
• Feedback on veterinary surveys
• Tracking Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Other methods
• Survey and scan new disease surveillance
methods
• Connect with other surveillance vets and teams
worldwide
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Pillar 2
Ontario Animal Health Network
Enhance Ontario disease
surveillance
Animal Health
Network
Coordinator
AHL
species
pathologist
OMAFRA
species
specialist
OVC
species
specialist
Veterinary
practitioner
Veterinary
practitioner
Veterinary
practitioner
OMAFRA
Ontario Animal Health Network
(OAHN)
Bovine Poultry Swine Small
Ruminants Equine Fish Bees Wildlife/Zoo
Companion Animal
Alternative Public Health
AHL
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PROVINCIAL
EXPERT
NETWORKS
PROFESSIONALS
PRODUCTION/
DISTRIBUTION/
STAKEHOLDERS
NATIONAL Canadian Animal Health Surveillance Network (CAHSN)
Quebec
(RAIZO)
Other
Provincial
Health
Networks
Producers Producers Producers Producers Owners/
Trainers/
Breeders
Owners Rescue
Groups??
Producers Producers
DVMs DVMs DVMs DVMs DVMs DVMs DVMs DVMs Apiarists
Progress to date
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Assemble
experts
Lay
groundwork
Assemble
network
First
cycle
Industry
engagement
Second
cycle
Network
maturation
Annual
meeting
Small ruminants
Swine
Poultry
Fish
Wildlife
Fur-bearing/alt
Equine
Bovine
Bees
Companion
CORE COMPONENTS
Assemble
experts
Lay
groundwork
Assemble
network
First
cycle
Industry
engagement
Second
cycle
Network
maturation
Annual
meeting
Small ruminants
Swine
Poultry
Fish
Wildlife
Fur-bearing/alt
Equine
Bovine
Bees
Companion
CORE COMPONENTS
OAHN Products for producers
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• Podcasts
• Twitter and Facebook
• Media coverage
• Quarterly reports
• Infographics
• Townhall calls
• Website www.oahn.ca
OAHN products for vets • Quarterly reports
• Cross-species disease information
• Anonymous reporting of disease
• Podcasts
• Updates at vet organization annual meetings
• Facebook and Twitter
• Top links of the week on www.oahn.ca
• Instructionals
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OAHN is not a crockpot, it is like French cooking!!
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Pillar 3
Canadian Animal Health
Surveillance Network (CAHSN)
Integrate with national
surveillance
A – CAHSN – 4 high-consequence diseases
FMD, CSF, ASF, END + BSE, HPAI
B – CAHSS – surveillance system
integrate provincial data with federal
NFAHWC – National Farmed Animal Health and Welfare Council
= F/P/T, laboratories, producers
CAHSS – Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System
- Distributed network of networks
“A shared national vision leading to effective, responsive, integrated
animal health surveillance in Canada.”
Champions’ Group
Directors’ Group
Secretariat
Bruce McNab
Epidemiology
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Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative
Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network
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Develop better tools for managing risk
Highlights of DSP funding outcomes
• Technical support for method enhancements
• Faster turnaround
• Virology
• Test standardization
• PCR cycling parameters
• PCR internal controls
• Enhanced test development
• Bovine rotavirus A/B – coronavirus multiplex
PCR
• PEDV-PDCoV-TGEV multiplex PCR
• LC-MS/MS for mycotoxins, anticoagulants,
rodenticides
• Honeybee testing
• 7 viruses, Nosema, vitellogenin, mites
• Aquaculture fish testing
• Postmortem, parasites, viruses, bacteria,
histopathology
• Histopathology teleconferencing G-Kv
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OAHN is for you and your
sector, and all animals in
Ontario
Let’s get it right together!
