Veterinary surveillance: What the Veterinary Surveillance Strategy will do for you
Who will benefit?
The
Veterinary Surveillance Strategy has the potential to help anyone who
could be affected by animal diseases. This may happen to farmers whose
livestock become ill or to members of the public coming into contact with
diseased animals. People may also be affected indirectly as a consequence
of the disease, for example owners of tourist sites which have to close
due to a disease outbreak.
Anyone who has a role in reducing the occurrence of animal diseases, such as vets, the livestock industry, animal health policy makers, research and education institutions, organisations that help to protect human health and the general public will also see advantages as the strategy is put into practice.
In the long term we will see many benefits from the Veterinary Surveillance Strategy including:
- People who own or care for animals will have access to up-to-date disease and surveillance information. This information can help them make better decisions when individual animals are ill or there is a disease outbreak
- Improved information on animal diseases and animal populations can help us to put specific plans in place so we know how to control a disease outbreak as quickly as possible if it occurs.
Access
to information on animal health will help organisations that protect
human health. They can quickly pick up any links between diseases that
can be passed from animals to humans.
Further information
- Progress implementing the Veterinary Surveillance Strategy explains how the Strategy is being put into action and describes some of the work being done under each of the Veterinary Surveillance Strategy goals.
- Getting involved describes how different interests are represented on the implementation of the strategy.
- Glossary
Page last reviewed:
19 April 2006
Page last modified:
April 19, 2006