CaribVET RiskSwine tool: development and Dissemination of a tool to assess risk of swine diseases in the Caribbean

Frequent alerts due to emerging transboundary swine diseases (TSD) prompted the development of a swine disease qualitative risk assessment tool (RiskSwine Tool) by the Caribbean Animal and Veterinary Public Health Network (CaribVET). The objective was to make available this tool to guide Veterinary Services in the conduct of their own in-country risk assessments addressing TSD introduction and dissemination at national level and applicable at the regional level. The tool was developed as a conceptual framework for qualitative risk assessment consisting of three components: 1) the dissemination (entry) of a swine disease pathogen from an affected country; 2) the diffusion of the pathogen and the exposure of the susceptible swine population and 3) The magnitude and consequences of this risk. The tool was applied to the swine diseases considered as priorities in the Caribbean region: Classical swine fever (CSF), Teschovirus encephalomyelitis, Porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) and African swine fever (ASF). Each component is scored based on pre-defined criteria, established by an expert group with reference to these diseases. The RiskSwine Tool has been progressively updated and recently upgraded in response to the reemergence of ASF in the Caribbean (Hispaniola) mid-2021. The 2021 version of the tool is a userfriendly Excel Spreadsheet in English, Spanish and French that includes guidelines for users to answer the questions required to assess the risk. This tool was disseminated thanks to webinars organised since September 2021 by the interagency emergency response group led by GF-TADs for the Americas with the active participation of CaribVET. Following the deployment of the tool in the veterinary services of the region we will organise a user feedback for monitoring and evaluation of the tool and we plan to develop a user friendly interface for online use. All authors are linked to CaribVET association,Petit Bourg, Guadeloupe, FRANCE

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Main Authors:	Percedo, Maria Irian, Casal, Jordi, Frias Lepoureau, Maria Teresa, Gonzalez, Wendy, Morales, Paula, Gongora, Victor, Hackshaw, Kathian, Guitian, Javier, Taylor-Ellis, Gillian, Pradel, Jennifer, Etter, Eric
Format:	conference_item biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	ISVEE
Online Access:	http://agritrop.cirad.fr/604796/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/604796/7/ID604796.pdf
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