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PAN has provided consultancy and training services to governments and projects
in over 70 countries since 1986. These activities cover the core expertise of
the company in veterinary epidemiology, disease management,
livestock economics and livestock information systems. PAN works
closely with the Veterinary Epidemiology & Economics Research Unit (VEERU) at
The University of Reading, offering flexibility in the combination of
consultancy, training and research.
Recent and on-going
consultancy activities:
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Project title:
Livestock
information systems for UK Dairy Farmers and technical advisers
Country:
United Kingdom
Dates:
2003 to date
(on-going) |
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Detailed
description of project |
Type of services
provided |
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Supply of dairy
herd management software and training in its effective use by both
farmers and technical advisers in the United Kingdom dairy industry.
Working with Europe’s largest milk recording organisation, National Milk
Records (NMR), software developed by PAN Livestock Services is the
leading dairy on-farm software package in the UK. NMR take milk samples
and production records from over 6,000 herds (1 million cows),
representing approximately 50% of the dairy herds and 70% of milk
production in England and Wales.
Pan Livestock
Services’ herd management package, InterHerd, is used on over 1,000
dairy farms for routine herd management. Detail of recording by farmers
varies enormously from everything to the bare minimum. In addition the
majority of large animal veterinary practices (over 400 veterinarians)
use the software to deliver technical advice based either on data
recorded by the farmer or through the import of milk recording data.
The Herd Companion
web-based application, based on PAN Livestock Services’ InterTrace
database, was developed with National Milk Records (NMR) to analyse and
benchmark routine milk recording data for both farmer and technical
adviser. With potential access to all 6,000 dairy herds that milk record
with NMR, veterinary practices and nutrition consultants have obtained
permission from over 4,000 dairy herds for direct access to their herd
records in this way. The database contains full milk recording data from
approximately one million animals. A series of novel analyses are used
extensively by farmers, vets and nutritionists to monitor herd
performance and identify the relative strengths and weaknesses in herd
performance. These analyses include:
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Detailed analysis
of somatic cell counts
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Analysis of milk
protein yields in early lactation as an indicator of energy
deficiency
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Benchmarking of
key parameters of health, fertility and production against other
similar milk recording herds
Further
applications on the same database apply to the needs of milk buyers.
Based on analysis of past performance and fertility status, milk
profiles predict future milk production at the individual cow or herd
level. These predictions enable more efficient collection and processing
as well as matching future production with market requirements.
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Collection of animal data;
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Technical advice to
farmers and technical advisers;
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On farm training;
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Data analysis of results
and presentation of data back to the farmer;
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Provision of aggregate
data for bench marking purposes;
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Provision of livestock
software to allow farmers to have up to the minute information on their
farms;
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Project title: |
National livestock database for Malta |
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Country: |
Malta |
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Dates: |
2000 to date
(on-going) |
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Detailed
description of project |
Services provided |
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Development and
implementation of a national livestock database for Malta that provides
a framework for establishing effective recording of the movement and
essential health events for any species of livestock. The system is
readily customizable and accessible to a range of users with controlled
levels of access. The system allows full recording and traceability of
individual or batches of animals from registration through to final
slaughter.
Main features of the
system include:
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Bovine
identification and registration to comply with EU legislation.
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Register of
holdings and keepers for all livestock species.
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Recording
and management of veterinary surveillance programmes.
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Management
of EU livestock headage payment schemes.
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Recording of animal product imports and
border inspections.
The system, which
became fully operational in June 2001, was accepted by the EU as
satisfying the requirements demanded for accession of Malta to the EU.
On 3 June 2004 there was a Commission Decision ‘recognising the fully
operational character of the Maltese database for bovine animals’ as
from 1 May 2004. Malta remains the only EU member state to have acquired
this status.
Other related
activities in Malta based around the development of the livestock
database have included:
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An impact assessment study
was conducted in three main areas: Specifications and financial costs of
changes to official veterinary services, structures and activities;
Specifications and financial costs of livestock traceability and
information systems; Specifications and financial costs of rendering
and/or incineration plant for the disposal of livestock carcasses and
abattoir waste.
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A risk analysis of
introducing exotic animal diseases to Malta was conducted to determine
what additional restrictions on external and intra-community trade would
be required to control the risk of introducing exotic diseases to Malta
and to evaluate their cost-effectiveness in terms of risk reduction.
Where restrictions could not be justified, alternative policies were
analysed.
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Financial projections on the costs and fee revenues of inspecting
animals and animal products.
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A
programme of in-service training for Veterinary Support Officers in
Malta was developed.
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A
database system for the management of border inspection posts was
developed.
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A system
was developed to manage the EU-supported livestock premium schemes.
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Livestock information systems;
Software development ;
Livestock databases;
Veterinary epidemiology;
Agricultural policy;
EU Accession.
summary description of InterTrace |
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Project title |
Control and/or eradication of animal
diseases – Kosovo 2010 - 2012 |
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Country |
Kosovo |
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Dates:
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2010 - 2012 |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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The overall
objective of the project is to assess and improve the animal health
situation in Kosovo as regards rabies and Classical Swine Fever, and
through the control and / or /eradication of these diseases from animal
populations contribute to an improved human and animal health status as
well as an improved trading status for Kosovo.
Project activities
include:
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Implement active
monitoring and surveillance scheme for Rabies and Classical Swine Fever.
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Develop reliable
epidemiological data on Rabies in foxes and other wild life and
Classical Swine Fever in domestic pigs and wild boar.
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Implement training
programme for monitoring and surveillance of Rabies and Classical Swine
Fever to include sample collection, packaging, storage and transport to
relevant laboratories.
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Design and implement
vaccination programme for Rabies in foxes and other wild life and
Classical Swine Fever in domestic pigs and wild boar.
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Design and implement a
public information campaign to raise awareness of the project to ensure
optimum effectiveness. |
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Project management;
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Monitoring and evaluation.
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Project title: |
Follow up on Animal Identification ,
Registration and Movement Control Systems, inc GIS, Kosovo |
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Country: |
Kosovo |
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Dates: |
2010 - 2012 |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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The
EU-IR project “Follow up on animal identification, registration (I&R)
and movement control system, including GIS” is upgrading the existing
system of Bovine Identification, Registration and Movement Control and
extending Identification and Registration to cover sheep, goats and
pigs. Also, the project will assist the Kosovo Food and Veterinary
Agency (KFVA) to develop and implement an integrated Veterinary
Information System (VIS), Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
and Geographic Information System (GIS) linked to the animal
identification, registration and movement control system.
The
objective of the project is to improve veterinary control of animal
health, veterinary public health and trade with live animals and animal
products within Kosovo and for export.
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Provision of:
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Team Leader
to assess and evaluate the existing bovine I&R scheme in view of inputs
required to successfully restart activities in pursuit of full
compliance with Title I of the EC Council and Parliament Regulation
1760/2000 and extend the improved bovine I&R system to the remaining
livestock species: ovine, caprine and porcine animals.
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Database
Design Expert to install the software program, InterTrace which meets
all project and foreseeable future KFVA requirements and provide special
data capture and reporting facilities to match procedures and working
methods in Kosovo. E.g. data query and submission through web browsers
on computers in offices and mobile telephones in the field and
submission of data from veterinary stations to the central database
through spreadsheet e-mail attachments.
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Veterinary Field Work
Consultant for planning and direction of the holding registration
activities. |
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Project title: |
Formulation of an Animal Health Master
Plan in the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries |
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Country: |
Uganda |
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Dates: |
2000 - 2010 |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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Preparation of a
Master Plan for the Uganda Animal Health Services to better prevent,
control and, where possible, eradicate diseases of livestock and their
vectors in order to realize the millennium development goals and to
achieve the following benefits:
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increased animal
production and better quality of livestock products, thus improving the
livelihoods of rural livestock keepers through poverty alleviation, also
increasing profitability for commercial livestock producers;
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ability to
meet health, quality and safety requirements for export to regional and
international markets;
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food safety
and control of zoonoses resulting in better human health;
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reduction of
risk of incursions of major epidemic disease which provides livelihoods
security and food security;
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benefits to
the wider economy through positive impacts, for example, on employment,
the animal production service industry and tourism;
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improved
animal welfare. |
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Team leader veterinarian
to manage the study, provide veterinary technical input, organise
workshops, literature review and field studies and supervise
presentation of the Master Plan document ;
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Livestock economist to
undertake economic analyses related to animal health delivery in Uganda,
report on them and contribute to preparation of the Master Plan;
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Local veterinary expert to
provide first hand information on diseases of livestock and their
control in Uganda and information on veterinary training facilities in
the country; to contribute to preparation of the Master Plan;
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Provision of project
logistical support. |
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Project title: |
Preparation of a project for the post
rinderpest eradication phase in Africa |
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Country / Region: |
Africa |
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Dates: |
2009 - 2010 |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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Following concerted vaccination programmes and other national and
international activities the whole world is expected to be declared
free of rinderpest in 2010 by the Global Rinderpest Eradication
Programme (GREP) of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United
Nations.
The
international activities have emphasised the strengthening of veterinary
services and disease surveillance in Africa that has enabled a number of
key countries to achieve or progress towards accreditation as rinderpest
free in compliance with OIE surveillance requirements. The last of
these activities fall under the SERECU2 programme which is tasked with
completing the declaration of freedom from the disease in three SES
countries (Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia).
This project was commissioned with the objective of defining an
appropriate exit strategy for SERECU2 as the final project addressing
rinderpest eradication.
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Provision of
three highly experienced veterinarians
with extensive knowledge of rinderpest, disease control and veterinary
epidemiology. |
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Project title: |
Development of methodology for risk analysis in
livestock production value chains |
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Country / Region: |
Various |
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Dates: |
2007 - 2010 |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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Development of methodology for disease risk analysis within value chains
for foot-and-mouth disease control policy development in Ecuador,
Venezuela and South East Asia and for HPAI in Egypt and South East Asia,
through field case studies and workshops.
Authorship of a field guide for disease risk analysis within value
chains and development and delivery of training courses on methodology
for disease risk analysis within value chains |
Epidemiology International Expert / Consultant |
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Project title: |
Development of an information system
to support the management of paratuberculosis eradication, and other
bovine disease control programmes. |
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Country / Region: |
Luxembourg |
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Dates: |
2005 to date
(on-going) |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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Results are received electronically from the testing laboratories and
used to determine farms’ status, movement restrictions and future
testing requirements.
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Livestock information
systems;
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Software development ;
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Livestock databases;
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Disease control;
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Agricultural policy;
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Project title: |
Development of Herdbooks for the Fédération des
Herdbooks Luxembourgeois; (2) The Island of Guernsey Breed Society;
(3) Breed societies of The Republic of Colombia |
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Country / Region: |
Luxembourg,
Guernsey, Colombia |
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Dates: |
2003 to date
(on-going) |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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Since 2003 the
National Union of Colombian Breed Societies has used the InterTrace
program to combine all the major breed societies in the country. These
include the Brown Swiss, Ayrshire, Limousin, Simmental, Angus and
Criollo Breed Associations. In addition to providing the Herdbook
facilities for each breed society, this enables comprehensive analyses
of bulls as part of a six year national testing programme. All the
software used in Colombia operates in the Spanish language.
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Livestock information
systems;
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Software development ;
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Livestock databases;
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Training
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Project title: |
Information
systems for full herd book registration and traceability for a premium
label beef quality assurance scheme for a major supermarket |
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Country / Region: |
Luxembourg |
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Dates: |
2003 to date
(on-going) |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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Operational since 2003 and linking with the breed society herd book
database (InterTrace) ,an application offering full traceability and
quality assurance for beef marketed under a special label by the Cactus
supermarket chain in Luxembourg. In order to be eligible, cattle must be
reared on strictly monitored suckler and fattening farms.
The cattle are individually inspected and weighed at weaning and must
meet growth rate and conformation criteria. From the records in the
database, it is possible at the time of slaughter to determine whether
any animal qualifies for the label. The scheme is so successful that
demand for this quality-assured beef exceeds supply.
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Animal Identification
Scheme
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Livestock information
systems;
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Software development ;
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Livestock traceability and
quality assurance
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Training
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Project title: |
Registration and Monitoring of sheep from
birth to slaughter |
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Country / Region: |
United Kingdom
(Wales) |
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Dates: |
2009 to date
(on-going) |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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Supply of central
database (InterTrace) for a traceability pilot project in the sheep
sector including electronic identification systems. This pilot project,
based around a sheep producers cooperative in Wales supplying a major UK
supermarket, facilitates data collection and analysis both on-farm and
through the electronic capture of abattoir data allowing individual
performance assessment of ewes and health planning based on carcase
classification and health inspection data. |
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Livestock information
systems;
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Software development ;
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Livestock databases;
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Project title: |
Improving efficiency of commercial dairy herds
through a team approach to the analysis of milk recording data |
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Country / Region: |
United Kingdom
(England) |
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Dates: |
2006 - 2009 |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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Over 1 million cows on 6,000 commercial dairy farms are milk recorded on
a monthly basis in the United Kingdom by Europe’s largest milk recording
organisation National Milk Records (NMR). New and existing computer
software can analyse these data to provide farmers and their technical
advisers with vital information relating to the performance of their
animals and herds.
The
project delivered one-day workshops where farmers were taken through key
analyses on laptop computers, using data from their own herds. Key areas
covered included novel analyses of somatic cell counts, nutrition, milk
yield and fertility. Farmers were also able to benchmark the performance
levels of their herds against those of other farms providing new
opportunities to identify areas of strength and weakness as well as
opportunities to discuss best practice. These activities emphasised the
use of available information as the focus for a team approach to
planning and management decision taking. |
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88 workshops delivered
across all dairy producing areas of England
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1,300 dairy farmers and
technical advisers (vets, nutritionists, management consultants) trained
in routine analysis of milk
recording data. |
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Project title: |
Descriptive epidemiology of the bovine TB outbreak in England since 1980 |
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Country / Region: |
United Kingdom
(England) |
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Dates: |
2008 - 2009 |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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The objective of this
piece of work was to begin a process of descriptive epidemiology; to
produce a factual and definitive history of the re-emergence of bovine
tuberculosis in England since the 1980s. The work used from first-hand
accounts provided by vets (State and Private) and farmers via a
voluntary online survey and face to face interviews, alongside analysis
of official data to describe how the occurrence of disease has evolved
over time in different parts of the country. The work was supplemented
by a summary of key reports and documents covering particularly the
changes in bTB control strategy over the years.
A major impetus for
this work was the desire within Defra to document ‘institutional memory’
and thus provide a resource that facilitates easy succession in the
Defra policy group in the face of changes in personnel. |
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Field researchers
and consultants...
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Field research –
epidemiology
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Epidemiology
desk-top research and report writing
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Project title: |
Support to the development of faculties of Veterinary Medicine in
Ethiopia |
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Country / Region: |
Ethiopia |
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Dates: |
2006 - 2009 |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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The project assisted two Faculties of Veterinary Medicine
(at Haramaya and Gondar Universities) in upgrading their staff and in
improving their curriculum and by developing teaching modules. It also
improved some of the teaching facilities (library books, teaching aids,
ICT, laboratory and other equipment) at the faculties. The project
contributed to establishing international networking relationships with
overseas universities.
Course modules in the
following:
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Diagnostic methods for viral disease
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Histopathological diagnosis of
disease
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Methods of disease surveillance &
economic analysis
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Dairy cattle health management
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Important surgical procedures in
animals
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Wildlife disease management
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Diseases of small ruminants
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Veterinary Ethics and Jurisprudence
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Production, health & management of
working animals
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Traditional veterinary practices
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Veterinary Laboratory Techniques
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Introduction to epidemiological
field studies – design, implementation and analysis
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Supply of subject matter specialists
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Project management
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Project title: |
The epidemiology and control of Highly
Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) – Vietnam, Egypt, Indonesia |
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Country / Region: |
Vietnam, Egypt,
Indonesia |
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Dates: |
2005 – 2010 |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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Activities have included:
Training workshops in Surveillance, Investigation, Control and
Prevention of Avian Influenza for veterinary officers from provincial
sub-departments and regional centres of northern, central and southern
Vietnam. Part of the WB/FAO Avian Influenza emergency Recovery Project.
Analysis of data relating to the mass vaccination campaigns for HPAI in
Vietnam.
Short-term inputs providing advice on vaccination and surveillance
strategy for HPAI in Vietnam
Development of a poultry population model to support planning of HPAI
vaccination in Vietnam, Egypt and Indonesia. |
Epidemiology International Expert / Consultant
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Project title: |
Examining the potential for dog licensing in
the United Kingdom |
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Country / Region: |
United kingdom |
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Dates: |
2009 – 2010 |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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This study was
commissioned in the light of an apparent increase in the numbers of
stray dogs impounded and the proportion being euthanized, potential
costs of dog borne zoonotic diseases and dog attacks on humans.
The
objectives were first to review numbers of dogs and strays and
associated regulations in the four devolved countries of the UK and
compare these with information from 3 case-study locations (Germany,
Pescara province of Italy and Victoria State of Australia) and second to
review the expected costs and benefits of alternative schemes for dog
registration and licensing in Britain.
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Field research – interviewing
Economics
Desk-top research, analysis and report writing
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Project title: |
Socio-economic impact assessment of
African Horse Sickness control measures – United Kingdom |
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Country / Region: |
United Kingdom |
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Dates: |
2009 |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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A rapid initial overview
assessment of the costs and benefits of the European Directive on AHS
control measures in relation to the economic and social impact on the
rural sector, (in the context of the size and nature of the commercial
and leisure equine sector – horses ponies and donkeys), that is guided
by the disease biology, veterinary considerations, epidemiology and
meteorology.
The focus of the work
included the economic cost and social impact, relating to horses ridden
for pleasure or sporting purposes, of the control measures that would be
triggered by an outbreak of AHS in UK in relation to the EU directive
92/35/EEC. Of particular importance were proposed movement controls and
an analysis of what factors affect the magnitude of the impact most and
what factors are uncertain.
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Cost : Benefit analysis of
the European Directive on AHS control measures
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Field research
– interviewing
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Economics
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Desk-top research,
analysis and report writing |
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Project title: |
Final evaluation of Pan African Control of
Epizootics (PACE) |
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Country / Region: |
Africa |
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Dates: |
2006 |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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Member of the mission to undertake
the final evaluation of the EU-supported Pan African Control of
Epizootics (PACE) Project.
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Team Leader / Veterinarian |
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Project title: |
A review of the international evidence for an
interrelationship between cattle and wildlife in the transmission of
bovine tuberculosis |
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Country / Region: |
United Kingdom |
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Dates: |
2005 |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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Review the international evidence for an interrelationship between
cattle and wildlife in the transmission of bovine tuberculosis and
advise Defra on policy options with regard to control of the disease in
the UK cattle population.
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Two Veterinary Epidemiologists reviewed the international evidence for
an interrelationship between cattle and wildlife in the transmission and
maintenance of bovine tuberculosis, particularly with regard to the
disease in badgers in UK. Using evidence from the review, policy
options for control of the disease were provided to Defra. |
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Project title: |
Twinning Project Capacity Building in
the Food and Veterinary Regulation Division, Ministry for Rural Affairs
and the Environment. |
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Country / Region: |
Malta |
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Dates: |
2006 - 2007 |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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Support to the Food and Veterinary Regulation Division (FVRD) of the
Ministry for Rural Affairs and Environment, Republic of Malta, in
regulating food safety, animal welfare and environmental standards.
Technical assistance to ensure that FVRD is in compliance with EU food
safety and animal welfare legislation. This twinning project is to
improve the organisational and individual capacities of the FVRD and the
livestock industry to apply more effective controls to ensure that the
standards required by EU legislation are achieved throughout the
livestock industries. |
Practical training of FVRD staff through sustained assistance from
medium term experts in: animal welfare; veterinary medicine and feed
additive registration procedures; milk production and dairy herd health;
quality and safety of livestock feeds; slaughter house procedures. |
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Project title: |
Support to the National Animal Disease Surveillance System of Armenia |
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Country / Region: |
Armenia |
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Dates: |
2006 - 2007 |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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The overall objective
of the project was “to improve the health status of livestock
populations producing safe
products of good quality.” The development of the National Animal
Disease Surveillance System (NADSS) was a necessary step towards
achieving this objective.
The main activities
were:
1.
training of NADSS staff in
epidemiology and animal health economics;
2.
overseas study tour for
senior staff;
3.
workshops involving
District veterinarians;
4.
‘on the job’ training with
NADSS staff – assistance with data analysis for trimester reports,
newsletters and policy analysis.
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Epidemiology International Expert / Consultant
Project management
Sub-contracting of other necessary experts (animal health economics) |
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Project title: |
Support to the Kosovo Centre for
Livestock Breeding |
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Country / Region: |
Kosovo |
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Dates: |
2007 - 2009 |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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This project in
which PAN was a major partner, assisted in increasing livestock
productivity in Kosovo, stimulating the rural economy, reducing rural
poverty and ensuring food security, while also ensuring the sustainable
management of natural resources. More specifically, the project provides
the necessary expertise to support the development of the Kosovo Centre
for Livestock Breeding (KCLB) as well as providing policy guidelines to
the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development (MAFRD) on
livestock breeding development and for the establishment and maintenance
of the livestock breed herd-books following the implementation of the
Law on livestock production and genetic material control.
The KCLB project is
the logical follow-on to the “10 years livestock sector strategy”
developed by the MAFRD. Based on this strategy, the project is providing
targeted support to the KCLB, which is part of the institutional
framework designed by the MAFRD to modernise the livestock sub-sector in
Kosovo. The project is also considering the organisation and
restructuring requirements of the MAFRD, the changes of rules and
regulations affecting livestock sub-sector development and the role and
messages to be passed by the agricultural advisory support services to
develop the Kosovo livestock.
The project’s
dissemination activities are focusing on enabling livestock breeders a
better understanding and choice on breeding issues and provide them with
the necessary skills and information than will enable them to take the
right decision in terms of production. The project is also providing
support in establishing livestock breeders’ associations and
strengthening linkages with breeders’ associations in the Balkans region
and in the EU. |
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Support to and
strengthening of the institutional, legal and management framework of
the KCLB;
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Development of a livestock
pedigree database (herd-book) by using the livestock Identification and
Registration (I&R) database from the MAFRD;
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Dissemination of selected
livestock performance analysis results and breeding advice to livestock
breeders;
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Support to KCLB in
providing background information for policy advice to the MAFRD.
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Project title: |
Strengthening Of Public
Veterinary Services In Kosovo |
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Country / Region: |
Kosovo |
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Dates: |
2004 - 2005 |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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The project was
developed in the light of reconstruction of Kosovo and in transforming
the centrally planned agricultural economy towards a market economy.
Through the project, support was given for livestock production, trade
and veterinary public health.
PAN provided the
Veterinarian / Team Leader. The project activities contained amongst
others improving animal health surveillance, animal disease control
programmes and veterinary border inspection. Food safety was improved,
and therefore protection of consumers, by assisting in the
implementation of monitoring and surveillance of food of animal origin,
drug and residue surveillance and control of food imports. In addition,
the project ensured appropriate standards of animal welfare by
monitoring and provided advice on animal husbandry (livestock and pet
animals) by monitoring of stray cats and dogs, animal transport and
livestock slaughtering practices.
PAN also supplied short term consultancy input on data management
training for veterinary staff |
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Veterinary Information
Systems
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Food Safety;
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Disease Control;
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Policy advice;
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Training;
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Livestock Production;
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Capacity Building. |
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Project title: |
Structural and Legal Reform of the
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy (MAFWE) |
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Country / Region: |
Macedonia |
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Dates: |
2005 - 2007 |
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Detailed description of project |
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Training relating to EU Acquis approximation and the CAP relating to:
1. Development of
horizontal services:
European integration
coordination and monitoring - building the accession machinery and
tracking progress; Strengthening legal harmonization capacity, strategic
planning, policy analysis and formulation, integrating agricultural
information services, human resource management, budget planning and
control/audit functions.
2. Development of
administrative systems:
Set up payments system for administering AMS and future support
measures, development of a system for defining and registering
agricultural holdings and introduction of an Integrated Accounting and
Control System (IACS)
3. Rural Development: Preparation of a
National rural development strategy and plan, including institutional
development to provide implementation of rural development measures
consistent with EU rural development practices.
4. Agriculture markets and standards:
develop measures to address market failures and enhance competitiveness
and introduction of regulations in line with Common Market Organisations
for selected commodities including assistance to domestic seed
regulatory bodies.
5. Veterinary services: Enhance
institutional capacity and assist with alignment of FYR Macedonia legal
framework with EU acquis in animal health and veterinary public health.
Strengthen capacity to carry out EU compliant and effective border
inspection, surveillance, notification, prevention, control and
eradication of infectious or contagious animal diseases and meet
requirements applicable to third countries when importing live animals
and products of animal origin into the European Union.
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Veterinary Information
Systems
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Livestock advice;
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Policy advice;
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Capacity Building;
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Animal Heath.
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Project title: |
Qualitative veterinary risk assessment of the introduction of rabies
into the United Kingdom |
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Country / Region: |
United Kingdom |
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Dates: |
2006 |
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Detailed description of project |
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A review of the literature on the epidemiology of rabies, its impact and
its control. Review its distribution worldwide and current legislation
to control it in UK and other countries. Ascertain what are the state of
the art diagnostic tests and vaccines for the disease. Undertake a
qualitative veterinary risk analysis and submit policy options to Defra. |
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Livestock information
systems;
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Software development ;
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Livestock databases;
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Disease control;
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Agricultural policy; |
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Twinning light project under a
decentralised EU pre-accession programme – capacity building in the food
and veterinary regulation division in the area of milk production in
Malta. |
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Country / Region: |
Malta |
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Dates: |
2003 - 2004 |
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Detailed description of project |
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The objective was to develop capacity in the Food and Veterinary
Division and farmers’ organizations to provide effective support for
farmers to improve productivity and comply with current and forthcoming
EU legislation relating to milk production, specifically Council
Directive 92/46/EEC laying down health rules for the production and
placing on the market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk based
products.
The project initiated an improvement in the quality of cow’s milk,
especially with regard to the somatic cell count (SCC) and total
bacterial count (TBC).
The project has identified a follow up programme to ensure that the
improved management practices are maintained and extended to all dairy
farms in Malta and Gozo. |
Project Leader
Dairy Herd Health and Fertility Management Specialist. |
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Project title: |
Strengthening of veterinary services for livestock disease control –
Reducing administrative burden |
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Country / Region: |
United Kingdom |
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Dates: |
2005 |
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Detailed description of project |
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Cataloguing the Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs’
regulations in force through national and EU legislation; Assessment of
the administrative burden each regulation engenders. Objective to
assist Defra achieve a targeted 25% reduction of the work load this
Government Department spends on regulating according to National and EU
laws. PAN Livestock Services dealt with those regulations concerning
Animal Health and Welfare |
Provision of a team of veterinarians and livestock economists to
undertake the study |
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Project title: |
Detailed investigation of the methods and
characteristics of spread of FMD in specific geographic clusters and the
effects of control measures during the 2001 epidemic in England |
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Country / Region: |
United Kingdom |
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Dates: |
2004 - 2005 |
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Detailed description of project |
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The project:
1. Described in detail the epidemiology
of the FMD epidemic in Cumbria. Epidemiological parameters were
quantified and the relationships between control measures and
development of the epidemic within sub-clusters was examined.
2. Specifically examined the possible
importance of milk tankers as a means of spread of FMD during the
epidemic in Cumbria.
3. Quantified the relative
importance of possible farm level risk factors associated with FMD
infection during the epidemic.
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Field research – epidemiology
Epidemiology desk-top research, analysis and report writing
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Project title: |
Risk analysis and modelling of foot and mouth
disease for disease control |
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Country / Region: |
United Kingdom |
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Dates: |
2002 - 2003 |
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Detailed description of project |
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The
goals of the project were:
To
model FMD outbreaks and make risk analyses of the probability of FMD
outbreaks in UK. Model different animal movement regimes and their
effects on the spread of FMD in UK and calculate the cost/benefits of
the different regimes. |
Project technical and financial management:
Provision of a team leader.
Provision of a team of veterinarians and livestock economists to
undertake the study |
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Project title: |
Using livestock to improve
livelihoods of landless and refugee affected livestock keepers in
Bangladesh and Nepal |
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Country / Region: |
Nepal and
Bangladesh |
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Dates: |
2000 - 2004 |
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Detailed description of project |
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Participatory Livelihoods Assessments were made to assess the potential
for livestock keeping, work already done for livestock keepers was
evaluated. An action research programme assessed selected interventions. |
Team leader / socioeconomist and veterinary epidemiologist investigated
constraints and opportunities in livestock keeping and evaluated work
that had been done before.
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Project title: |
Veterinary Epidemiology And Economics
Unit And Tsetse Control Project |
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Country / Region: |
Botswana |
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Dates: |
1996 - 2001 |
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Detailed description of project |
Type of services provided |
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To contribute towards the goal of Renewable Natural Resources strategy
through enhancing the sustainable contribution of the livestock and
wildlife sector to livelihood security and Botswana’s diversified
economic development.
To strengthen The Department of Animal Health & Production’s (DAHP)
capacity to implement new animal health policies which are cost
effective, promote the integration of wildlife and livestock and
maximise the use of Botswana’s rangelands, targeting areas of greatest
poverty.
Developed DAHP capacity to formulate cost-effective disease control
programs; established animal health and production information systems
for epidemiological and economic analysis; animal disease surveillance
and forcasting methods were developed and used; cost effective
interventions for animal disease management were developed and
implemented, disease constraints in livestock/wildlife systems were
identified and disease control methods developed. |
Veterinary Epidemiologist and Team leader, Livestock Economist, Wildlife
Epidemiologist,
Consultants in: Management, Livestock
Information Systems, Data Analysis, Small Ruminants, Sociology,
Modelling/Risk Analysis, Laboratory Diagnosis, Wildlife Capture,
Veterinary Legislation, Institutional Development & Environmental Audit. |
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Project title: |
Strengthening Of Veterinary
Services Project |
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Country / Region: |
India |
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Dates: |
2001 to 2003 |
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Detailed description of project |
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Designed and implemented a series of training courses in basic
epidemiology and economics for provincial veterinary officers.
Supplied consultancy on practical application of epidemiological,
economic and planning skills by working with local project and
government veterinary staff on a disease control policy and planning
exercise for classical swine fever. |
Provision of veterinary epidemiologist and livestock
economist/socio-economist. |
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Project title: |
Assessment of factors influencing the
development of resistance to fluoroquinolone antibiotics used in pigs
and poultry |
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Country / Region: |
United Kingdom |
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Dates: |
2000 - 2004 |
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Detailed description of project |
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The main objectives of
this project were as follows:
- To assess at the
national level the farm prevalence of fluoroquinolone resistant
Campylobacter and E. coli in pigs and poultry on-farm under
different production systems.
- To identify risk
factors associated with fluoroquinolone resistance.
- To carry out work on
selected samples and E.coli or Campylobacter isolates:
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to assess the
proportion of the total population of organisms in the sample that they
represent;
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to evaluate
disinfectant resistance and effect of exposure to disinfectants on
fluoroquinolone resistance, and selection of resistant organisms, and;
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to further
characterise organisms to identify molecular mechanisms of resistance
and similarity to those involved in human disease.
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produce draft guidance pamphlets for veterinarians and farming company
livestock managers on the optimum use of fluoroquinolones to reduce the
problem of antimicrobial resistance.
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Field research – epidemiology
Epidemiology desk-top research, analysis and report writing
Database development
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Project title: |
Agricultural Human Resources Development
Project |
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Country / Region: |
India |
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Dates: |
1996 - 2001 |
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Detailed description of project |
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Advised on improving the quality of education in the Tamil Nadu
Veterinary and Animal Sciences University and Madras Veterinary College. |
Provision of consultant veterinary
epidemiologist Conduct a critical review of epidemiology and economics
in both the current MVC curriculum and, the soon to be adopted,
curriculum recommended as minimum standard by the Veterinary Council of
India. |
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Project title: |
Strengthening of
veterinary services for livestock disease control |
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Country / Region: |
India |
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Dates: |
1991 - 1999 |
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Detailed description of project |
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The
goals of the project were:
a) through the strengthening of veterinary services, to eradicate
rinderpest from India, remove the last focus of CBPP, and assure the
results of eradication are maintained.
b) to develop high quality information to manage the eradication
programme and strengthen the national disease reporting system.
The differential diagnostic capacity in India was improved at central
and state level. Technical support was given to vaccine production and
diagnostic laboratories. |
Project technical and financial management:. Provision of long term TA
for project management, training and veterinary epidemiology in country
Provision of specialised short term TA in country
Training programmes in India and abroad
Disease modelling
Technical and management back stopping. |
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Project title: |
Livestock Production Potential In
Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast |
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Country / Region: |
Tajikistan |
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Dates: |
1999 |
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Detailed description of project |
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This
project was to investigate ways of reducing the dependency of the people
of Gorno Badakhshan on imported cereals for famine relief by
diversification of their agriculture to include improved livestock
production.
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Provided consultant to visit Gorno
Badakshan and make recommendations for disease control in cattle and
small ruminants in the valleys, and yaks and small ruminants in the high
plateaux of the Pamir range of the Himalayas |
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