Animal Health Surveillance Quarterly Report
The Animal Health Surveillance Quarterly provides a topical summary of animal health matters. AHSQ is hosted by SciQuest, an Australasian Veterinary and Animal Science e-library, which offers a fully indexed and searchable facility. An archive of issues back to 2007 is currently available on SciQuest. Earlier issues are available in PDF format from the AHSQ archive.
Acknowledgement is requested for any information used. Please email AHSQ@animalhealthaustralia.com.au to subscribe to the Animal Health Surveillance Quarterly.
2011
AHSQ Q4 2011
AHSQ Q4 2011 is available from SciQuest and features the following articles: Improving offshore risk management — evaluating competent authorities responsible for ornamental fish exports to Australia; National Arbovirus Monitoring Program, July–December 2011; National action in response to the Matthews report on Australia’s preparedness for the threat of foot-and-mouth disease; The NSDI Program — it’s worth investigating; Australian Wildlife Health Network; Aquatic animal health; State and territory reports; and Quarterly statistics.
AHSQ Q3 2011 features the following articles: New Chief Veterinary Officer for Australia, Hendra virus vaccine provides immunity in horses, Avian paramyxovirus in pigeons, Rabies control conference, Republic of Korea, Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic animal health, State and territory reports and Quarterly statistics.
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Australian Wildlife Health Network report – Wild bird mortality events – Newcastle disease and avian influenza exclusion
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…Australia has 25 species of pigeons and doves in 13 genera, including 3 introduced species in 2 genera.
AHSQ Q2 2011 features information about Unusual neurological symptoms in horses, Strategic foresight — surveillance of a different kind, World Organisation for Animal Health General Session, National Arbovirus Monitoring Program, Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic animal health, State and territory reports, Quarterly statistics, and NAHIS contacts
AHSQ Q1 2011 features information about the Australian Veterinary Emergency Plan, the first One Health International Conference, Laboratories for Emergency Animal Disease Diagnosis and Response network, recent audits of Australia’s animal health and meat production system, the Australian Veterinary Practitioner Surveillance Network — 2010 report, the Australian Wildlife Health Network, aquatic animal health, state and territory reports, quarterly statistics and NAHIS contacts
2010
AHSQ Q4 2010 features information about assisting veterinarians who investigate disease incidents in livestock or wildlife, foot-and-mouth disease training in Kenya, analysis of Australia’s bovine tuberculosis surveillance system, National Arbovirus Monitoring Program, Australian Wildlife Health Network, aquatic animal health, state and territory reports, quarterly statistics and NAHIS contacts
AHSQ Q3 2010 features information about Australia’s focal point for wildlife, Exercise Flapdoodle 2, the Australian Veterinary Practitioner Surveillance Network three monthly report, the Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic animal health, state and territory reports, and quarterly statistics
AHSQ Q2 2010 features information about the World Organisation for Animal Health, the National Arbovirus Monitoring Program, disease information sheets, future surveillance needs for honeybee biosecurity, the Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre, the Australian Wildlife Health Network, aquatic animal health, state and territory reports, and quarterly statistics.
Update on the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program, Melioidosis in Queensland, Recent audits of Australia’s animal health systems and Australian audits of trading partners’ animal health systems, First occurrence of atypical scrapie, Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic animal health, State and territory reports, Quarterly statistics, NAHIS contacts.
2009
Australian Veterinary Practitioners Surveillance Network, Exercise Loeffler — foot-and-mouth disease simulation, Exercise DIVA ’09 — foot-and-mouth-disease simulation, National Arbovirus Monitoring Program, Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic animal health, State and territory reports, Quarterly statistics, NAHIS contacts.
Hendra virus update, New South Wales achieves Protected Area Status for virulent footrot, Swine influenza caused by pandemic H1N1 2009, Recent audits of Australia’s animal health systems and Australian audits of trading partners’ animal health systems, Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic animal health State and territory reports, Quarterly statistics, NAHIS contacts.
Attendance at the World Organisation for Animal Health, Enhancing surveillance – National Significant Investigation Program, Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre – Update, National Arbovirus Monitoring Program, Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic animal health, State and territory reports, Quarterly statistics, NAHIS contacts.
Australian Veterinary Practitioners Surveillance Network — report for 2008, AUSVETPLAN update, Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre — update, Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic animal health, State and territory reports, Quarterly statistics, NAHIS contacts.
2008
Review into Australia’s quarantine and biosecurity arrangements, Recent audits and evaluations of Australia’s animal health systems, Exercise Wild Boar, Activities of the Animal Health Committee, National Arbovirus Monitoring Program, Farm biosecurity: spread the word, not the disease, Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic animal health, State and territory reports, Quarterly statistics, NAHIS contacts.
How Australia eradicated contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, Hendra virus update, Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre — update, AUSVETPLAN update, Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic animal health, State and territory reports, Quarterly statistics, NAHIS contacts.
National Arbovirus Monitoring Program, World Organisation for Animal Health — General Session, Recent audits and evaluations of Australia’s animal health systems, Activities of the Animal Health Committee, End of equine influenza in Australia Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic animal health, State and territory reports, Quarterly statistics, NAHIS contacts.
Australia free from equine influenza, E-surveillance in abattoirs, National Animal Health Surveillance Strategy Reference Group meeting, Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre — update, Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic animal health, State and Territory reports, Quarterly disease statistics, NAHIS contacts.
2007
Australia appoints Chief Veterinary Officer, Equine influenza in Australia — update, Activities of the Animal Health Committee, National Arbovirus Monitoring Program, Recent audits and evaluations of Australia’s animal health systems, Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic animal health, State and Territory reports, Quarterly disease statistics, NAHIS contacts.
Equine influenza in Australia, Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre – update, Audit and evaluation of Australia’s animal health system, Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic animal health, State and Territory reports, Quarterly disease statistics, NAHIS contacts.
AUSVETPLAN update, World Organisation for Animal Health — General Session, Australian Veterinary Practitioners Surveillance Network report, National Arbovirus Monitoring Program, Aquatic Animal Health, Australian Wildlife Health Network, State and Territory reports, Quarterly disease statistics, NAHIS contacts.
Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre, Quadrilateral Group meeting, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy forum, Foot-and-mouth disease forum, Aquatic Animal Health, Australian Wildlife Health Network, State and Territory reports, Quarterly disease statistics NAHIS contacts.
2006
National Arbovirus Monitoring Program, Countdown Downunder, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) stakeholder workshop, Foot-and-mouth disease exercises in Victoria, Avian influenza surveillance in wild birds: an update, Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic animal health, State and Territory reports, Quarterly disease statistics, NAHIS contacts.
National Sentinel Hive Program — the varroa menace, Bovine tuberculosis surveillance, Management of Newcastle disease risk, Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy, The Emergency Animal Disease Response Agreement, Botulism — cause for concern?, Online Veterinary Laboratory Manual, Eleventh International Symposium of Veterinary, Epidemiology and Economics, Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic animal health, State and Territory reports, Quarterly disease statistics, NAHIS contacts.
Gardner Murray moves on, OIE General Session 2, Exercise Eleusis ‘05, Exercise Wild West, International Avian Influenza Technical Assistance Workshop, Arbovirus forum, National Arbovirus Monitoring Program, The BioSIRT project, Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic Animal Health, State and Territory reports, Quarterly disease statistics, NAHIS contacts.
Australian Biosecurity CRC update, Staff changes at Animal Health Australia, International emergency animal disease responsetraining workshop, NAHIS evolves, Quadrilateral Group meeting, Reporting of disease in wildlife and companion animals, Aquatic animal health, Australian Wildlife Health Network, State and Territory reports, Quarterly disease statistics, NAHIS contacts.
2005
Avian influenza preparedness update, Government-industry workshops on BSE and FMD, Meeting of the OIE Regional Commission for Asia, the Far East and Oceania, NAMP, Case definition: post weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in pigs, OJD research and development update, Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic animal health.
Better intergration of animal health and human health activities in zoonoses surveillance, Australian Pig Health Monitoring Scheme, Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre: a new offensive against vertebrate pests, Link found between SARS and bats, AQUAPLAN 2005-2010: Australia’s national strategic plan for aquatic animal health.
Vale Chris Baldock, National Arbovirus Monitoring Program, Exercise Adventurous Goose, 73rd OIE General Session, FMD Surveillance in Myanmar, Animal Health Committee Report, Australian Wildlife Health Network, Aquatic Animal Health.
Bovine Syndromic Surveillance System, Australian Biosecurity CRC research, Australian National Quality Assurance Program, OIE notification requirements, Animal Health Quadrilateral discussions, QUADS modelling workshop, Avian influenza preparedness in Australia.
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