Presentation from the Informal Consultation on Livestock Issues between the FAO Animal Production and Health Division and interested Non-Governmental Organizations. 1–2 December 2009 Italy, Rome FAO Headquarters. [Originally posted on http://www.cop-ppld.net/cop_knowledge_base]

1. Activities of the Animal Health
Service (AGAH)
Julio Pinto
Animal Health Officer

3. TRANSBOUNDARY ANIMAL DISEASES
Control of diseases ‘à la source’
– Early detection
– Early warning
– Rapid response
– Science-based approach / support to research
– Coordination
– Communication

4. AGAH – Servicio de Sanidad Animal (IDG) 2005-2007
Informática y Sistemas , producción de vacunas, equipo de
Fiebre Aftosa, Peste Porcina Clásica, Peste Porcina
diagnóstico, producción y salud/prevención, talleres,
Africana, Peste Bovina, Fiebre del Valle de Rift, Peste de
pasantías, desarrollo de estrategias, planes de contingencia,
los Pequeños Rumiantes, Newcastle, Brucelosis, ... IAAP
revisión de leyes y reglamentos, análisis de riesgo, ...

5. The Royal Veterinary College
UK
Thailand
USA Department of Livestock
Development
Animal
Việt Nam Health
Department of Animal Health
Service
EMPRES
+ Regional Office
Australia
AGAP AGAL
New Zealand
Université Libre de
Bruxelles
Belgium PR China
France Ministry of Agriculture
FAO Collaborators: Asian Focus

6. Environment Veterinary
and Health Public
Health
AGAL AGAP
Information, Animal
Policies and Production and
Legislation Genetic
TADs/EMPRES Resources
Animal Health Service

7. Animal Health Service 2007-2009
Information systems, vaccine production, diagnostic equipment, health and
Foot-and-mouth Disease, Classical Swine Fever, African Swine Fever,
Rinderpest, legislation, workshops, study tours, strategy development,
production, PPR, Newcastle, Brucellosis, Rift Valley Fever, HPAI ...
contingency planning, legislation reviews, risk analysis, ...

8. GREP PROGRESS
Early 1980s
RINDERPEST Early 1990s 2001
Signs: Fever
Discharges: nose, eyes
Diarrhoea/dysentery 2009
Ulcers in mouth
Death (can exceed 90 %)

9. Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD)
FAO Progressive Control Pathway
- risk reduction approach (under development)
Officially free without vaccination
5
not a top down prescribed approach: No circulation / containment zones only
but each MS encouraged to develop
national risk reduction strategies that
Officially free with vaccination
are supportive to the regional effort 4 No circulation / containment zones only
Approaching freedom
3 Outbreaks < once / year
Critical points addressed
2  incidence
1
Critical risk points identified,
strategy being developed Stages 0-3
= infected countries/zones
Risk not controlled
0 Continuous FMDV circulation

10. West EurAsia FMD road map

11. 2006: H5 Avian Influenza events and outbreaks
Infected countries
Infected areas

12. 2009: H5 Avian Influenza events and outbreaks
Republic
Infected countries
Infected areas

13. ECTAD: joint venture
FAO
FAO
Emergency
Animal Production
Operations and
and Health
Rehabilitation
Division
Division
TECHNICAL
OPERATIONAL
ECTAD

14. ECTAD: since 2004
Activities since 2004 focus on
• Design and implementation of
strategies and programmes for
the Prevention, Detection and
Control of H5N1 HPAI
Results – HPAI situation
• Much improved since 2005-06
• Entrenched in some countries

15. ECTAD Regional Units

16. GLEWS: Global Early Warning and Response System

17. • GLEWS@fao.org
 forward local information on possible TAD events
(... even newspaper clippings).
 Information is extracted and verification carried
out through other channels. The originator of the
information is protected.
• EMPRES-Shipping-Service@fao.org
– submission of samples for confirmation or agent
characterization to OIE or FAO reference
laboratories.

18. Beyond HPAI:
FAO’s strengthened programme (2010-2015)
Goal • to redress diseases emergence at
animal-human-agro-ecosystem
interface with the aim to protect
public health, safeguard food,
agriculture production and natural
resources management

19. Beyond HPAI:
FAO’s strengthened programme (2010-2015)
Outcome 1: Diseases emergency prevention and control
Output 1 – Early Warning
Output 2 – Early Detection
Output 3 – Early Response
Outcome 2: Diseases emergence prevented and controlled
Output 1 – Diseases impact analysis
Output 2 – Understanding drivers
Output 3 – Concerted actions to prevent and control diseases emergence