PARTICIPATORY MAPPING OF ANIMAL MOBILITY PATTERNS USING FAO’S EPIDEMIOLOGY VALUE CHAIN PLATFORMIntroductionStudies relating to animal movement patterns and are often conducted by academic authors, with dissemination of findings limited to grey literature and scientific journals. Consequently, objectives and outcomes may not incorporate the priorities of surveillance system actors or communicate results to stakeholders. The Food and Agriculture Organisations has developed a digital and i...
PARTICIPATORY MAPPING OF ANIMAL MOBILITY PATTERNS USING FAO’S EPIDEMIOLOGY VALUE CHAIN PLATFORM
Introduction
Studies relating to animal movement patterns and are often conducted by academic authors, with dissemination of findings limited to grey literature and scientific journals. Consequently, objectives and outcomes may not incorporate the priorities of surveillance system actors or communicate results to stakeholders. The Food and Agriculture Organisations has developed a digital and interactive medium to facilitate and empower capacity building efforts related to market profiling and animal movement under its Epidemiology Value Chain (EVC) Platform, enabling users to maintain a live, online, and dynamic tool that can store, analyse, and display a magnitude of different data.
Materials and methods
‘Open-source’ electronic collection systems (e.g.EpiCollect5) allow national veterinary services to enter value chain locations and movement patterns. Data is continuously collected through interviews, expert opinion, or retrospectively via the collation of movement permits. Various ‘plug-in’ applications allow for the visualisation of data via maps, statistics, or graphs. These are created in conjunction with national epidemiology units to ensure relevance for selecting and planning intervention options. Lastly, the application allows for dissemination of data to engage key stakeholders.
Results
Over 1000 bird markets and network connections were identified, profiled, and analysed across Viet Nam, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, and Mozambique. Data collection in Ghana continues in conjunction with the national epidemiology unit, including expansion to livestock markets and other value chain nodes.
Discussion
The mapping of epidemiological significant locations such as markets, abattoirs, and border points along with seasonal and quantified animal movement flows can be utilised by veterinary services to plan and run prevention and control interventions. The tool can rapidly increase country capacities to identify high risk locations, i.e. those in need of urgent biosecurity improvements or those that need to be targeted through surveillance. Furthermore, data can be updated in real-time to maintain the cost efficiency and effectiveness of interventions.
R. Aguanno1,
2, S. Von Dobschuetz1, S. Khomenko1, A. Tripodi1, W. Kalpravidh1, K. Sumption1
1Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Roma, Italia, 00153
2 Royal Veterinary College, University College London, 4 Royal College St, London, United Kingdom, NW1 0TU
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