Changes to the VLA's diagnostic surveillance service

Soldan, Andrew

doi:10.1136/vr.c5211

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“…As Howe and others (2013) remind us, animal diseases can have adverse effects far beyond the individual livestock keeper, with the possibility of national and international economic ramifications. Despite the potentially very serious consequences of animal disease outbreaks, surveillance programmes and veterinary diagnostic laboratories in the UK have been under financial pressure in an age of austerity and economic uncertainty (Soldan 2010, Anon 2011a, b). Justifying scanning surveillance expenditure to policy makers and politicians is often difficult because of ‘trying to find something you don't know is there until you've looked for it’ (Anon 2012).…”

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Farm animal practitioners' views on their use and expectations of veterinary diagnostic laboratories

Robinson

Epperson

2013

Veterinary Record

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Diagnostic sampling of farm animals by private veterinary practitioners can be an important contributing factor towards the discovery of emerging and exotic diseases. This focus group study of farm animal practitioners in Northern Ireland investigated their use and expectations of diagnostic veterinary laboratories, and elicited their opinions on the role of the private practitioner in veterinary surveillance and the protection of rural public health. The veterinarians were enthusiastic users of diagnostic laboratories, and regarded their own role in surveillance as pivotal. They attached great importance to their veterinary public health duties, and called for more collaboration with their medical general practitioner counterparts. The findings of this research can be used to guide future development of veterinary diagnostic services; provide further insights into the mechanics of scanning surveillance; and measure progress towards a 'One Health' approach between veterinarians and physicians in one geographical region of the UK.

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Farm animal practitioners' views on their use and expectations of veterinary diagnostic laboratories

Robinson

Epperson

2013

Veterinary Record

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Opportunities and challenges for the application of microfluidic technologies in point-of-care veterinary diagnostics

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Wells

Kersaudy-Kerhoas

et al. 2016

Molecular and Cellular Probes

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There is a growing need for low-cost, rapid and reliable diagnostic results in veterinary medicine. Point-of-care (POC) tests have tremendous advantages over existing laboratory-based tests, due to their intrinsic low-cost and rapidity. A considerable number of POC tests are presently available, mostly in dipstick or lateral flow formats, allowing cost-effective and decentralised diagnosis of a wide range of infectious diseases and public health related threats. Although, extremely useful, these tests come with some limitations. Recent advances in the field of microfluidics have brought about new and exciting opportunities for human health diagnostics, and there is now great potential for these new technologies to be applied in the field of veterinary diagnostics. This review appraises currently available POC tests in veterinary medicine, taking into consideration their usefulness and limitations, whilst exploring possible applications for new and emerging technologies, in order to widen and improve the range of POC tests available.

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Changes to the VLA's diagnostic surveillance service

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Farm animal practitioners' views on their use and expectations of veterinary diagnostic laboratories

Farm animal practitioners' views on their use and expectations of veterinary diagnostic laboratories

Opportunities and challenges for the application of microfluidic technologies in point-of-care veterinary diagnostics

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