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September that African swine fever had been detected in an outbreak in Haiti near the border with the Dominican Republic, which department officials found unsurprising considering the outbreaks this year in the Dominican Republic. The countries comprise
Zoonotic Diseases Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health, overseeing zoonotic disease surveillance and zoonotic disease outbreak investigation. She also serves as a liaison between the Department of Health and Minnesota’s animal agriculture agencies for
States that provide surveillance and outbreak response testing for 14 diseases of high consequence. Dr. Loiacono previously served as a veterinary pathologist with the NVSL. Outstanding Performance Award for Diagnostic Services Margaret Steinman
epidemiologist with the CDC, established, designed, and serves as project lead for the Epi Info Viral Hemorrhagic Fever software. She was recognized for her surveillance and data management activities for outbreaks of Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic disease in the
-consequence animal disease outbreaks, delivering outreach and education on animal disease prevention and preparedness, and developing point-of-care diagnostic tests to rapidly detect foreign animal diseases. The funding also supports projects to enhance early
outbreak—like we are now with avian influenza—and we’ve got veterinarians overseeing operations all around the country as we’re dealing with these outbreaks. So in some respects, the role of APHIS veterinarians hasn’t changed, but there’s a lot more of an
influenza has killed tens of millions of poultry as well as unknown numbers of wild waterfowl and raptors. As of May 23, U.S. Department of Agriculture officials had recorded about 350 outbreaks among domestic birds in 35 states, with about 40 million
of pigs, and outbreaks can kill entire herds. The results of the study in Vietnam became available nine days after animal health officials in Haiti reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) that the virus had been detected in their
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled plans in August for a new outbreak analysis and forecast hub for anticipating infectious disease threats and helping deal with them in real time. Later that month, the U.S. Department
evaluation of Mycobacterium bovis pangenomics, with reference to its utility in outbreak investigation”; ACVM Student Presentation Award, Oral : First place—Taylor Brooke McAtee, West Texas A&M University, for “ Do modified–live virus respiratory vaccines