The document discusses how agtech technologies can support governmental programs for eradicating transboundary animal diseases. It describes how e-identification and 24/7 monitoring of animals through technologies like sensors can help by knowing an animal's location and health status in real-time, closing information gaps and allowing for a faster response. It calls for prioritizing precision livestock farming tools in vaccination programs and international standards, and creating frameworks that encourage live tracking of animals through mandatory e-identification, standardized databases, and data exchange to foster innovation and support farmers.

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OS22 Agtech technologies supporting
governmental diseases eradication
programmes
Claire Richaud

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#OS22
Digitalization and innovation applied to the prevention and control of
foot-and-mouth and similar transboundary animal diseases (FAST) OS22 2
Supporting farmers and veterinarians to
eradicate transmissible diseases
● Where is the disease?
● Which animal is infected?
● Where does the animal come from?
● Was vaccination conducted?
● When was vaccination conducted?
● Where and when did the animal go?
Claire Richaud
Agtech supporting diseases eradication

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#OS22
Digitalization and innovation applied to the prevention and control of
foot-and-mouth and similar transboundary animal diseases (FAST) OS22
Three steps towards disease eradication
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Identification and
vaccination
registration
E-passport
E- identification
Real time
monitoring of
health behaviour
Early detection of
disease
Targeted
vaccination
Shipping and
movement
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Claire Richaud
Agtech supporting diseases eradication

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e-Identification and 24/7 monitoring: take away the time and
location variable
e-Identification
Know where is the animal
 Increased reliability, less variables
 Less risk of paper records, human mistakes
 No more uncertainty of where is the animal. Real time
animal localisation
 Time saving thanks to accuracy
 Improved traceability via data flows
 Makes information shareable throughout countries
24/7 monitoring
Close the time gap
 Monitors 24/7 the behaviour and indicates
outliers
 Early diseases recognition, gain of min.
24H, quicker response
 Focusses the work on the animals that
need attention
 Animal welfare tracked in an objective real-
time way
Claire Richaud
Agtech supporting diseases eradication

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#OS22
Digitalization and innovation applied to the prevention and control of
foot-and-mouth and similar transboundary animal diseases (FAST) OS22
What is the path forward?
• Prioritise Precision Livestock Farming systematically on the political agenda. Include precision tools in gov-led
vaccination programs as part of the preventative toolbox. Include PLF tools in international standards (WHO, FAO,
WHOA).
• Create a framework that encourages live tracking of animals:
• Introduction of mandatory e-identification
• Standardization and harmonization of national databases - ISO
• Increased knowledge and skills for veterinarians and farmers to valorise AH insights
• Data exchange standardization to foster innovation and allow the ag chain to support farmers more efficiently.
• Provide access to financial instruments for cost-sharing across the value chain
• Support live tracking of wild animals
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Claire Richaud
Agtech supporting diseases eradication

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