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Pig Journal Volume: 50
Publication date: November 2002

Proceedings Section

VETERINARY SURVEILLANCE - WHAT WE REQUIRE
R. Hancock

Abstract
This paper sets out the Veterinary Laboratories Agency's (VLA) veterinary surveillance objectives against the background of Government objectives. It highlights the importance of so-called "passive" surveillance in detecting outbreaks of disease. It introduces the concept of a "pyramid of scrutiny" which is needed to ensure that the competent authority, charged with national disease control, is made aware of outbreaks of new or emerging diseases occurring on livestock farms. The importance of the existence of a synergistic relationship between farmers, their veterinary surgeons and diagnostic laboratories is emphasised.

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