A review of domestic animal diseases within the Pacific Islands region

Brioudes, Aurélie; Warner, Jeffrey; Hedlefs, Robert; Gummow, Bruce

doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.12.017

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“…Considering the critical lack of up-to-date information (and in particular the lack of quantitative data) (Brioudes et al, 2014), and despite the methodology limitations described here above, expert opinion elicitation still appears to be the best tool for setting animal disease priorities within the Pacific Islands region.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The selection of diseases for the list was based on Brioudes et al's work (Brioudes and Gummow, 2013;Brioudes et al, 2014) that provided a review of diseases within the Pacific Islands region. The list also included diseases that had been officially reported by neighbouring countries of the Pacific Islands countries (i.e.…”

Section: Eligible Animal Diseasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) zoonotic diseases such as leptospirosis, scabies, bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis are endemic (Brioudes et al, 2014;Kline et al, 2013), but these island countries tend to be free of serious infectious livestock diseases such as highly pathogenic avian influenza, foot and mouth disease, classical swine fever and rabies (Brioudes et al, 2014;Newman and McKenzie, 1991;Secretariat of the Pacific Community, 2009b;Yarrow, 2008). The potential introduction and/or dissemination of diseases threatens the development of the livestock sector and also represents a risk to humans who might be exposed to zoonosis, which account for about 75% of all emerging animal diseases.…”

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“…The disease is caused by the bacterium B. abortus and has been recorded in cattle since the early 1970s in the Pacific Islands and more specifically in the associated "Food Animal Biosecurity Network" (FABN) countries, (Saville, 1996a) (Brioudes et al, 2014).…”

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The history of brucellosis in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories and its re-emergence

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“…A recent review of animal disease prevalence in PICTs found that literature was scarce and no longer up to date and there was a need to improve the published knowledge on current animal disease status in PICTs (Brioudes et al, 2014). In addition there is a lack of active surveillance and capacity in PICTs because surveillance is considered a costly operation and difficult to implement when there are no trained officials (FAO, 1999).…”

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Brucella abortus surveillance of cattle in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and a case for active disease surveillance as a training tool

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Gummow

2016

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There have been no surveys of the cattle population for brucellosis in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) for more than 15 years. This study used disease surveillance as a capacity building training tool and to examine some of the constraints that impede surveillance in PICTs. The study also developed and implemented a series of surveys for detecting antibodies to B. abortus in cattle in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands contributing to OIE requirements. The findings indicated; lack of funds, lack of technical capacity, shortage of veterinarians, high turnover of in-country officials and lack of awareness on the impacts of animal diseases on public health were constraining active disease surveillance. During the development and implementation of the surveys, constraints highlighted were; outdated census data on farm numbers and cattle population, lack of funds for mobilisation of officials to carry out the surveys, lack of equipment for collecting and processing samples, lack of staff knowledge on blood sampling, geographical difficulties and security in accessing farms. Some of the reasons why these were constraints are discussed with likely solutions presented. The detection surveys had the objectives of building capacity for the country officials and to demonstrate freedom from brucellosis in cattle for PNG, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands. PNG, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands all demonstrated freedom from bovine brucellosis in the areas surveyed using the indirect ELISA test. Fiji had an outbreak of brucellosis and the objective was to determine its distribution and prevalence on untested farms. The Muaniweni district surveyed during the training had a 95% ConfidenceInterval for True Prevalence between 1.66 and 5.45%. The study showed that active disease surveillance could be used as a tool for training officials thus improve surveillance capacity in resource poor countries.

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A review of domestic animal diseases within the Pacific Islands region

Cited by 12 publications

References 46 publications

Diseases of livestock in the Pacific Islands region: Setting priorities for food animal biosecurity

Diseases of livestock in the Pacific Islands region: Setting priorities for food animal biosecurity

The history of brucellosis in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories and its re-emergence

Brucella abortus surveillance of cattle in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and a case for active disease surveillance as a training tool

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