Provides standards for the improvement of animal health and welfare and veterinary public health worldwide, including through standards for safe international trade in terrestrial animals (mammals, reptiles, birds, and bees) and their products. The health measures in the Terrestrial Code should be used by the Veterinary Authorities of importing and exporting countries to provide for early detection, reporting, and control agents that are pathogenic to animals or humans, and to prevent their transfer via international trade in animals and animal products, while avoiding unjustified sanitary barriers to trade. Compare to the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures on the IPPC website. https://www.oie.int/en/what-we-do/standards/codes-and-manuals/
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Surveillance for Early Detection of High-Consequence Pests and Pathogens
John H. Bowers (USDA APHIS, USA), Jerry R. Malayer (Oklahoma State University, USA), Beatriz Martínez-López (University of California, Davis, USA), Joseph LaForest (University of Georgia, USA), Charles T. Bargeron (University of Georgia, USA), Alison D. Neeley (USDA APHIS, USA), Leonard B. Coop (Oregon State University, USA), Brittany S. Barker (Oregon State University, USA), Alexander J. Mastin (University of Salford, UK), Stephen R. Parnell (University of Salford, UK), Allard A. Cossé (USDA APHIS, USA), Brian J. McCluskey (Trace First Inc., USA), Scott A. Isard (The Pennsylvania State University, USA), and Joseph M. Russo (Independent Researcher, USA)
Copyright: © 2022
|Pages: 58
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7935-0.ch005
Abstract
Surveillance is one of the core activities of national organizations responsible for human, animal, or plant health, with the goal of demonstrating the absence of infection or infestation, determining the presence or distribution of infection or infestation, and/or detecting as early as possible exotic or emerging pests and pathogens that may be harmful to agriculture and the environment. Surveillance is a tool to establish absence of the pest or pathogen, monitor trends, facilitate the mitigation and control of infection or infestation, provide data for use in risk analysis, substantiate the rationale for sanitary measures, and provide assurances to trading partners, producers, and the public. The type of surveillance applied depends on the objectives of the surveillance, the available data sources, resources, and the outputs needed to support decision-making.