Increasing globalization, agricultural intensification, urbanization, and climatic changes have
resulted in a significant recent increase in emerging infectious zoonotic diseases. Zoonotic …

This paper reviews recent progress in the development of syndromic surveillance systems
for veterinary medicine. Peer-reviewed and grey literature were searched in order to identify …

As meat consumption is increasing worldwide to cover for protein demands, also raise
concerns and challenges regarding meat hygiene and safety. The current one year follow up …

The impacts of exotic disease incursions on livestock industries can be mitigated by having
robust surveillance systems in place that decrease the time between disease introduction …

With a growing global human population and an increasing demand for food protein, aquatic
animal protein has become an increasingly important resource. In several geographic areas …

Public awareness of the human health risks of zoonotic infections has grown in recent years.
Currently, concern of H5N1 flu transmission from migratory bird populations has increased …

Background Ontario provincial abattoirs have the potential to be important sources of
syndromic surveillance data for emerging diseases of concern to animal health, public …

In this globalized world, the spread of new, exotic and re-emerging diseases has become
one of the most important threats to animal production and public health. This systematic …

Background Animal health data recorded in free text, such as in necropsy reports, can have
valuable information for national surveillance systems. However, these data are rarely …

Within the current context that favours the emergence of new diseases, syndromic
surveillance (SyS) appears increasingly more relevant tool for the early detection of …