Coverage and Representativeness of Passive Surveillance Components for Cattle and Swine in The Netherlands
Common aims of animal health surveillance systems are the timely detection of emerging diseases and health status monitoring. This study aimed to evaluate the coverage and representativeness of passive surveillance components for cattle and swine in the Netherlands from 2015–2019. The passive surveillance components consisted of a telephone helpdesk for veterinary advice and diagnostic and postmortem facilities. Spatial analysis showed heterogeneity (range in RR = 0.26–5.37) of participation across the Netherlands. Generalized linear mixed models showed that distance to the diagnostic facility and farm density were associated with the number of contacts of farmers with the helpdesk and postmortem examination. The contact rate of veterinary practices was associated with their number of clients, ranging in RR from 0.39 to 1.59. We concluded that the evaluation indicated differences in coverage of the passive surveillance components across regions, farms and veterinary practices. Due to the absence of emerging infections in the study period, we were unable to estimate the consequences of the observed differences for the early detection of disease. Nevertheless, regions and veterinary practices with low participation in passive surveillance might be a risk for early detection, and consequently, further understanding of the motivation to participate in passive surveillance components is needed.
Main Authors: | Vredenberg, Imke, van Schaik, Gerdien, van der Poel, Wim H.M., Stegeman, Arjan |
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Format: | Article/Letter to editor biblioteca |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | animal health surveillance, coverage, helpdesk contacts, postmortem submissions, representativeness, |
Online Access: | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/coverage-and-representativeness-of-passive-surveillance-component |
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