Lynn T, Grannis J, Williams M, Marshall K, Miller R, Bush E, Bruntz S
Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health (CEAH), U.S. Department of Agriculture, APHIS, VS, Natural Resources Research Center, 2150 Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526-8117, USA.
Prev Vet Med. 2007 Sep 14;81(1-3):70-9. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.04.001. Epub 2007 May 7.
Animal health surveillance systems should reflect national disease control priorities and promote the best use of public resources by maximizing effectiveness and efficiency. A surveillance system should be routinely evaluated to assess the degree to which the system accomplishes these goals, fulfills its stated objectives, and meets accepted surveillance standards. In the United States, there are a number of disparate endemic disease surveillance and eradication programs. The National Animal Health Surveillance System is a federal initiative designed to combine animal health surveillance and monitoring activities into a comprehensive and coordinated system. A protocol has been developed to facilitate the evaluation of animal health surveillance systems and investigate opportunities for coordination between the different surveillance and eradication programs. The evaluation protocol was based largely on protocols developed for public health but adapted for the specific needs and goals of animal health surveillance. The evaluation process was designed to identify program strengths and areas for improvement and facilitate the system's adaptability to changing situations. The evaluation protocol was applied to the scrapie surveillance system in the United States; scrapie surveillance was found to be an important part of surveillance for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Results from the evaluation of sensitivity, sampling methods and representativeness are presented.
动物健康监测系统应反映国家疾病控制重点，并通过提高有效性和效率来促进公共资源的最佳利用。应定期对监测系统进行评估，以评估该系统实现这些目标、达成既定目的以及符合公认监测标准的程度。在美国，有许多不同的地方病监测和根除计划。国家动物健康监测系统是一项联邦倡议，旨在将动物健康监测和监测活动整合为一个全面且协调的系统。已制定了一项协议，以促进对动物健康监测系统的评估，并调查不同监测和根除计划之间的协调机会。该评估协议主要基于为公共卫生制定的协议，但针对动物健康监测的特定需求和目标进行了调整。评估过程旨在确定计划的优势和改进领域，并促进系统对不断变化情况的适应性。该评估协议应用于美国的羊瘙痒病监测系统；羊瘙痒病监测被发现是可传播海绵状脑病监测的重要组成部分。文中呈现了敏感性、抽样方法和代表性评估的结果。
