LRD

1. Training on Applied Veterinary Epidemiology
and Animal Disease Diagnosis for Animal Health
Research Personnel
Guest House, Central Luzon State Unversity
Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija
23 - 27 May 2016
RATIONALE
The training workshop will be conducted to
equip animal health researchers and concerned regulatory
personnel and strengthen their working knowledge on
appropriate epidemiological capacity concepts regarding
animal disease diagnosis, monitoring and surveillance,
outbreak investigation and disease control.
This training will provide an in-depth review of
how the different concepts on veterinary epidemiology,
monitoring, surveillance, and disease control strategies
are defined. As explained by Acta Veterinaria Scandinavia,
monitoring and surveillance systems (MO&SS) involve
measurements of disease occurrence. Meanwhile, the
monitoring design will determine which types of disease
occurrencemeasurescanbeappliedappropriatelyinagiven
situation. Furthermore, the knowledge on the performance
of diagnostic tests (sensitivity and specificity) is crucial in
the estimation of the true occurrence of a certain disease.
With these, participants will be reviewed on veterinary
epidemiologicalparametersembeddedindiseasediagnosis,
monitoring, and surveillance.
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavia further states that
it is generally accepted that both disease monitoring and
surveillance involve the continuous collection of data. Dr.
David Sherman, ASAP/DCA, defined disease surveillance
as an organized, systematic means of detecting, reporting,
recording, and analyzing the occurrence of disease based
on evidence from the field.
Furthermore, Acta Veterinaria Scandinavia
explainsthatdatacollectionisthecoreofdiseasemonitoring
and surveillance systems (MO&SS) and whenever data
are used the data quality is of great concern. As with any
other data collection, if the data on disease are collected
accuratelyandrepresentativelyandtheMO&SSisdesigned
to monitor the disease the monitoring or surveillance may
be referred to as active (primary data are collected). Passive
monitoring or surveillance is then referred to when data
collected for other purposes (existing or secondary data)
are used.
OBJECTIVES
The training course should be able to equip animal health
researchers and regulatory personnel on:
1) Concepts on veterinary epidemiology;
2) Quantifying disease occurrence;
3) Designing epidemiological studies;
4) Demonstrating association and causation
5) Sampling animal populations;
6) Interpreting diagnostic tests;
7) Providing information on disease control and eradication;
8) Conducting disease surveillance, outbreak investigation,
community preparedness and disaster management;
9) Understanding public health, and the identification and
control of zoonotic pathogens.
Program of Activities
Day 1, 23 May 2016 (Mon)
7:00 - 8:00 Registration
8:00 - 9:00 Opening Ceremonies
Invocation......................................................................
.................... Dr. Clarissa Yvonne J. DOMINGO
Professor, College of Veterinary Science and Medicine
(CVSM), CLSU
Welcome Remarks...........Dr. Tereso A. ABELLA
President, Central Luzon State University (CLSU)
Inspirational Message...Dr. Reynaldo V. EBORA
Acting Executive Director, Philippine Council for Agriculture,
Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development,
Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD)
Rationale and Objectives of the Activity....................
............................................ Dr. Synan S. BAGUIO
Officer-in-Charge, Livestock Research Division (LRD),
DOST-PCAARRD
Introduction of the Participants..................................
..........................................Dr. Aleli A. COLLADO
SRS2, LRD, DOST-PCAARRD
9:00 - 10:00 Lecture 1: Veterinary Epidemiology: An
Introduction.............Dr. Ronnie D. DOMINGO
Veterinarian, Bureau of Animal Industry,
Department of Agriculture (DA)
10:00 - 11:00 Lecture 2: Animal Disease Ecology and
Transmission................................................................
.................... Dr. Clarissa Yvonne J. DOMINGO
11:00 - 12:00 Report 1: New Castle Disease in Region III........
................................... Dr. Eduardo L. Lapuz, Jr.
Chief Veterinarian, Regional Animal Disease Diagnostics
Laboratory (RADDL), DA - Regional Field Office 3
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Break
1:00 - 2:00 Lecture 3: Epidemiological Studies.......................
.............................................Dr. Heidee G. TORIO
Professor, Nueva Vizcaya State University
2:00 - 3:00 Lecture 4: Qualifying Disease..................................
....................................Dr. Ronnie D. DOMINGO
3:00 - 3:30 Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:30 Workshop 1: Measuring Morbidities and
Mortalities................Dr. Ronnie D. DOMINGO
6:00 - 7:30 Welcome Dinner
Day 2, 24 May 2016 (Tue)
8:00 - 9:30 Workshop 2: Fallacies in Animal Disease
Report........................Dr. Romeo S. GUNDRAN
Professor, CVSM, CLSU
9:30 -11:00 Workshop 3: Disease Occurence or Persistence.
.....................................Dr. Romeo S. GUNDRAN
11:00 - 12:00 Lecture 5: Measuring Association..........................
.....................................Dr. Romeo S. GUNDRAN
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Report 2: Risk Factors in Fasciolosis.....................
.................... Dr. Clarissa Yvonne J. DOMINGO
2:00 - 3:00 Lecture 6: Monitoring and Surveillance...............
.............................................Dr. Heidee G. TORIO
3:00 - 3:30 Coffee Break
3:30 -5:00 Workshop 4: Oswego Foodborne Outbreak.......
....................................Dr. Ronnie D. DOMINGO
Day 3, 25 May 2016 (Wed)
8:00 - 9:00 Lecture 7: Veterinary Diagnostics..........................
.................... Dr. Clarissa Yvonne J. DOMINGO

2. 9:00 - 10:00 Lecture 8: Current Trends in Molecular Biology
and Biotechnology.........Dr. Rubigilda P. ALILI
Molecular Biologist, CVSM, CLSU
10:00 - 12:00 Workshop 5: Interpreting Diagnostic Tests.........
.................... Dr. Clarissa Yvonne J. DOMINGO
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Break
1:00 - 3:00 Workshop 6: Sample Collection.............................
...........................Dr. Milagros R. MANANGGIT
Veterinary Bacteriologist, RADDL, DA - RFO 3
3:00 - 3:30 Coffee Break
3:30 - 5:00 Workshop 7: Principles of DNA Isolation and
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) .......................
............................. Dr. Rubigilda P. ALILI & Staff
Day 4, 26 May 2016 (Thu)
8:00 - 9:00 Lecture 9: Sampling of Animal Population..........
.....................................Dr. Romeo S. GUNDRAN
9:00 - 11:00 Workshop 8: Sampling for Disease
Investigation.............Dr. Romeo S. GUNDRAN
11:00 - 12:00 Lecture 10: Outbreak Investigation.......................
.....................................Dr. Romeo S. GUNDRAN
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Break
1:00 - 2:30 Lecture 11: Analysis of Surveillance Data............
....................................Dr. Ronnie D. DOMINGO
2:30 - 3:00 Workshop 9: Using Spreadsheet to Analyze
Data...........................Dr. Ronnie D. DOMINGO
3:00 - 3:30 Coffee Break
3:30 - 5:00 Workshop 9: Using Spreadsheet to Analyze
Data (Continue).......Dr. Ronnie D. DOMINGO
Day 5, 27 May 2016 (Fri)
8:00 - 9:00 Lecture 12: Disease Control....................................
..........................Dr. Noemi D. ENCARNACION
Asst. Professor, Cavite State University
9:00 - 11:00 Workshop 9: Writing a Disease Control Plan......
..........................Dr. Noemi D. ENCARNACION
11:00 - 12:00 Closing Program
Impressions
Awarding of Certificates of Appreciation,
and Certificates of Participation
Closing Message................ Dr. Synan S. BAGUIO
Master of Ceremony
Dr. Aleli A. COLLADO
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