Award details

FMD and CSF Coordination Action

Reference	BBS/E/I/00001183
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor David Paton
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	The Pirbright Institute
Department	The Pirbright Institute Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	131,877
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/01/2005
End date	30/06/2008
Duration	42 months

Abstract

This coordination action will gather and share information relevant to the control of two of the most important OIE List A diseases - foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and classical swine fever (CSF), both of which have caused devastating outbreaks of disease in Europe and continue to pose a serious threat to our livestock industries. The network of national reference laboratories (RL) for these diseases will be strengthened by creation of a coordination unit with the resources to establish a web-based central network resource, to invite partners and associated partners to working groups, and to analyse the information obtained so that reports, manuals and recommendations of significance for EC and international policy development and implementation can be delivered. Currently the collaborative actions between FMD and CSF laboratories are heavily reliant on a handful of individuals from RL, who attempt these activities on a poorly coordinated, and part-time basis. Development of consensus scientific opinion is constrained by the lack of network resources to adequately review technical progress and implications for disease management, or to gain wider stakeholder acceptance or involvement in the scientific process. The coordination unit will delegate tasks to the many experts that exist in national RL in Europe, and bring in expertise from outside Europe and from scientists with complementary knowledge. It will facilitate processes for technical information exchange and review, using innovative virtual (online) consultation fora, and wider participation in scientific review. Other systematic improvements to science-policy dialogue should occur through involvement of EC, OIE and EUFMD/FAO on the steering group. The project will focus upon the coordination of research, global disease surveillance, risk analysis, vaccine reserves, diagnostics, laboratory preparedness, control policies including vaccination and wild boar issues, and will initiate new collaborations.

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics	Animal Health, Microbiology
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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