Department of Epidemiological Sciences, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, Addlestone, UK.
Epidemiology Research Unit, Scotland's Rural College, Edinburgh, UK.
Vet Rec. 2019 Mar 16;184(11):349. doi: 10.1136/vr.104896. Epub 2019 Jan 11.
The capability to set baselines and monitor trends of health and welfare conditions is an important requirement for livestock industries in order to maintain economic competitiveness and sustainability. Monitoring schemes evaluate the relative importance of conditions so that: appropriate actions can be determined, prioritised and implemented; new and (re)emerging conditions can be promptly detected and the effectiveness of any actions can be measured. In 2011, the national pig levy board published a strategy document highlighting health and welfare conditions of importance to the pig industry that were to be targeted for control. In this study, existing schemes that could be used to monitor or set baselines for these conditions in pigs were reviewed, in order to evaluate their suitability for this purpose, using a standardised surveillance evaluation framework (SERVAL). The schemes included: government-funded surveillance of endemic and exotic disease and pig welfare; industry surveillance of endemic diseases; regional schemes for improving pig health; national accreditation schemes and information collected by retailers, private veterinary practices and private laboratories. The evaluation of each scheme highlights its capability to monitor any of the targeted conditions. This study identifies the biases, strengths and gaps in each scheme and provides discussion of opportunities for future development.
为了保持经济竞争力和可持续性，牲畜产业的一个重要要求是能够设定健康和福利状况的基线并监测其趋势。监测计划评估条件的相对重要性，以便：确定、优先和实施适当的行动；及时发现新出现和（重新）出现的情况，并衡量任何行动的效果。2011 年，国家养猪业征税委员会发布了一份战略文件，强调了对养猪业重要的健康和福利状况，并将其作为控制目标。在本研究中，审查了现有的可用于监测或设定这些猪的状况基线的计划，以使用标准化监测评估框架 (SERVAL) 评估其适合性。这些计划包括：政府资助的地方性和外来疾病及猪福利监测；行业对地方性疾病的监测；改善猪健康的区域计划；国家认证计划以及零售商、私人兽医诊所和私人实验室收集的信息。对每个计划的评估都突出了其监测任何目标状况的能力。本研究确定了每个计划的偏差、优势和差距，并讨论了未来发展的机会。
