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Activities in 2009
Veterinary Services Capacity Building
William Hueston & Scott Wells
Center for Animal Health and Food Safety
135 Andrew Boss Laboratory, 1354 Eckles Ave
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA 55108
Tel.: (1-612) 625-8166; Fax: (1-612) 624-4906
[email protected]
Summary of activities specifically related to the mandate of
OIE Collaborating Centres
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Activities as a centre of research, expertise, standardisation and dissemination of techniques
within the remit of the mandate given by the OIE
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The Collaborating Center supported member states through a portfolio of training and support activities
structured across four thematic areas: technical skill development for individuals, capacity building for
veterinary services, specialized topics for interested audiences, and leadership training and professional
development.
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CAHFS has established strong relationships with numerous government, industry, and academic partners
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CAHFS has reached out to the 4 other OIE veterinary services capacity-building collaborating centers
(Centro Buenos Aires para la Capacitación de los Servicios Veterinarios (CEBASEV), Ecole Inter-Etats
des Sciences et Médecine Vétérinaires (EISMV), L’Ecole Nationale des Services Vétérinaire (ENSV),
and Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G.Caporale" (IZSAM)), providing a
broad scope of expertise to support veterinary services capacity building.
Proposal or development of any procedure that will facilitate harmonisation of international
regulations applicable to the surveillance and control of animal diseases, food safety or animal
welfare
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CAHFS engaged government agencies in the Americas and Europe to explore veterinary services
strategies for rapid delivery of mass vaccination against Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in case of
emergency incursion of disease. Participants included the United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) and counterparts in Argentina (SENASA)
and Uruguay (MGAP).
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CAHFS brought together various industry and government groups to better understand food supply
chains and to develop and apply new risk assessment tools for specific commodities in support of
emergency response plans that minimize food supply chain disruption in the event of transboundary
animal disease outbreaks such as H5N1 avian influenza and foot and mouth disease. An official
veterinary trainee from L’Ecole Nationale des Services Vétérinaire (ENSV) was involved with this
project.
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CAHFS facilitated meetings between multinational animal feed companies and government regulatory
agencies exploring innovative approaches to address agriculture feed safety and human food chain supply
safety simultaneously.
Annual reports of OIE Reference Laboratories and Collaborating Centres, 2009
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Veterinary Services Capacity Building
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Placement of expert consultants at the disposal of the OIE
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Participation in OIE International Conference on Animal Identification and Traceability held in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, from 23 to 25 March 2009.
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Site visits and presentations with other veterinary services capacity-building centres
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Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G.Caporale" (IZSAM), Teramo,
Italy, February, 2009
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Centro Buenos Aires para la Capacitación de los Servicios Veterinarios (CEBASEV), Buenos
Aires, Argentina, March and November, 2009.
Ongoing communication and sharing expertise with other veterinary services capacity-building centers
including ENSV, IZSAM and CEBASEV.
Other activities related to the mandate of OIE Collaborating Centres
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Provision of scientific and technical training, within the remit of the mandate given by the OIE, to
personnel from OIE Members
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‘Engaging Intergovernmental Organizations’ one week short course was offered to 19 participants from
government and universities in 6 OIE members (Canada, Egypt, Germany, Italy, UK, US, Venezuela) in
February 2009. The training included a representative from IZSAM.
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Federal and state policy short courses in “Global Animal Health, Food Systems, Trade, and Public
Health” offered in March 2009 and October 2009 for 17 participants from 9 countries (US, Canada,
Mexico, Germany, UK, Barbados, Spain, St Lucia, Uganda).
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‘Executive Leadership in Food Safety’ (ELFS) training program in collaboration with the Interamerican
Institute for Collaboration in Agriculture initiated in August 2009 with 33 participants from 20 OIE
members across the Americas and Caribbean.
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Hosting of Official French Veterinary Services trainee from L’Ecole Nationale des Services Vétérinaire
(ENSV) for 3 months
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University of Minnesota, Public Health Institute 2009, with participants from 10 OIE members plus staff
from IZSAM, an official French government trainee from ENSV and government officials from the US
and Canada. The courses included:
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Surveillance of Foodborne Pathogens in Humans
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Surveillance of Zoonotic Pathogens in Animals
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Food Safety: Risk Assessment
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Global Food Safety Systems Leadership
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Food Safety: Risk Management
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Food Safety Systems in a Global Food Market
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Food Systems Defence: Vulnerabilities in the Food System
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One Health: Opportunities & Challenges at the Convergence of Human, Animal &
Environmental Health
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Globalization and Health
Annual reports of OIE Reference Laboratories and Collaborating Centres, 2009
Veterinary Services Capacity Building
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Topics in Infectious Disease: Pandemic Influenza Readiness – Past Lessons, New Challenges
and Promising Practices
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Global Food Systems – Pork
Organisation of scientific meetings on behalf of the OIE
 Meeting of the OIE Collaborating Centers for Veterinary Services Capacity-Building, St Paul, MN, USA,
June 8-9, 2009 with attendees from all but one of the OIE Collaborating Centers for Veterinary Services
Capacity-building (CEBASEV, ENSV, IZSAM, CAHFS).
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Coordination of scientific and technical studies in collaboration with other laboratories,
organisations or collaborating centres
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CAHFS coordinates scientific and technical studies on veterinary services capacity-building in the
context of emergency preparedness, public-private partnerships, risk assessment, risk communications,
shared leadership, ‘one health’ and surveillance in collaboration with the US Department of Agriculture
Veterinary Services, National Pork Board, Minnesota Beef Council, Minnesota Turkey Growers
Federation, American Egg Board, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Minnesota Board of Animal
Health
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CAHFS Veterinary Public Health resident participation in reviewing the Istituto Zooprofilattico
Sperimentale (IZS) E-Med on – line learning modules on the detection, diagnosis and control of six
arthropod-borne diseases.
Publication and dissemination of any information within the remit of the mandate given by the
OIE that may be useful to Members of the OIE
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In depth examination of the role of indemnity in disease control (in press, Journal of the American
Veterinary Medical Association).
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Exploration of the concept of compartmentalization in the face of transboundary disease introduction into
a previously free country using the example of classical swine fever (submitted).
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Product-specific risk assessments related to H5N1 and FMD (in review).
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Annual reports of OIE Reference Laboratories
and Collaborating Centres, 2003
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