Diagnosis of Animal Diseases and Vaccine Evaluation in the Americas

OIE Collaborating Centre Reports

Activities in 2013

Title of
Collaborating Centre: / Diagnosis of Animal Diseases and Vaccine Evaluation in the Americas
Address of
Collaborating Centre: / Institute for International Collaboration in Animal Biologics
2160 College of Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011 USA
Tel.: / Tel.: (515 294 8459)
Fax: / Fax: (515 294 8259)
e-mail address: /
website: / www.cfsph.iastate.edu/iicab
Name of Director
of Institute
(Responsible Official): / James A. Roth, DVM, PhD
Name (including Title and Position) of Head of the Collaborating Centre (formally OIE Contact Point): / James A. Roth, DVM, PhD
Director, Institute for International Cooperation in Animal Biologics
Name (including Title and Position) of writer of this report
(if different from above) / Jane Galyon, MS
Program Coordinator


Summary of activities specifically related to the mandate of
OIE Collaborating Centres

ToR: To provide services to the OIE, in particular within the region, in the designated specialty, in support of the implementation of OIE policies and, where required, seek for collaboration with OIE Reference Laboratories

ToR: To identify and maintain existing expertise, in particular within its region

1. Activities as a centre of research, expertise, standardisation and dissemination of techniques within the remit of the mandate given by the OIE

Disease control

Epidemiology, surveillance, risk assessment, modelling

Training, capacity building

Zoonoses

Wildlife

Avian diseases

Aquatic animal diseases

Animal welfare

Diagnosis, biotechnology and laboratory

Veterinary medicinal products

Vaccines

Food safety

Feed safety

Other (Name the category: )

Vaccines
Vaccine Compendium / Listing of 838 vaccines for 41 transboundary animal diseases, produced by 150 manufactures in 95 countries.
Training, Capacity Building
Training / Veterinary Biologics Training Program, offered May 14-24, 2013; 159 attendees including 32 individuals from 16 countries
Training / IICAB website with 300 technical fact sheets (146 English, 114 Spanish and 40 Thai) 160 one page fact sheets (81 English, 46 Spanish and 33 Thai) and 413 annotated diagnostic images. Approximately 30.5 million hits in 2013 with 63% from outside the U.S.
Training / Translation and distribution of educational resources in Spanish
Disease Control
Preparedness Resourses / Development of Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness Materials for the USDA and posting of those resources on the website.
Zoonoses
Zoonoses / Publication of textbook entitled Zoonoses: Protecting People and Their Pets and development and use of an online course on this topic for continuing education

ToR: To propose or develop methods and procedures that facilitate harmonisation of international standards and guidelines applicable to the designated specialty

2. Proposal or development of any procedure that will facilitate harmonisation of international regulations applicable to the surveillance and control of animal diseases, food safety or animal welfare

Proposal title / Scope/Content / Applicable area
Emerging and Exotic Diseases of Animals web based course in English and Spanish / This web based course is used by all U.S. veterinary colleges and is required as part of initial accreditation training. It was used by 2250 individuals in Mexico and Central America in 2013. The course provides information on the U.S. process for surveillance and control of animal diseases. / Surveillance and control of animal diseases
Food safety
Animal welfare
Veterinary Accreditation Materials / Development and delivery of resources related to performance of the professional veterinary services for use in the US and translation of those resources into Spanish. / Surveillance and control of animal diseases
Food safety
Animal welfare

ToR: To establish and maintain a network with other OIE Collaborating Centres designated for the same specialty, and should the need arise, with Collaborating Centres in other disciplines

ToR: To carry out and/or coordinate scientific and technical studies in collaboration with other centres, laboratories or organisations

3. Did your Collaborating Centre maintain a network with other OIE Collaborating Centres (CC), Reference Laboratories (RL), or organisations designated for the same specialty, to coordinate scientific and technical studies?

Yes No

Name of OIE CC/RL/other organisation(s) / Location / Region of networking Centre / Purpose
IICAB is a joint Collaborating Center with USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories and the Center for Veterinary Biologics / Ames Iowa, USA / Africa
Americas
Asia and Pacific
Europe
Middle East / Diagnosis of Animal Diseases and Vaccine Evaluation in the Americas

4. Did your Collaborating Centre maintain a network with other OIE Collaborating Centres, Reference laboratories, or organisations in other disciplines, to coordinate scientific and technical studies?

Yes No

Name of OIE CC/RL/other organisation(s) / Location / Region of networking Centre / Purpose
Veterinary Services Capacity Building Collaborating Center
Centro Buenos Aires para la Capacitacion de los Servicios Veterinari / St. Paul, MN, USA and Buenos Aires, Argentina / Africa
Americas
Asia and Pacific
Europe
Middle East / Educational efforts
Laboratory Animal Welfare and Science / Washington, DC USA / Africa
Americas
Asia and Pacific
Europe
Middle East / Educational efforts
Animal Disease Surveillance Systems, Risk Analysis and Epidemiological Modeling Collaborating Center / Ft. Collins, CO, USA / Africa
Americas
Asia and Pacific
Europe
Middle East / Secure Food Supply Project collaborations – business continuity for foreign animal disease outbreaks

ToR: To place expert consultants at the disposal of the OIE.

5. Did your Collaborating Centre place expert consultants at the disposal of the OIE?

Yes No

Name of expert / Kind of consultancy / Subject
Dr James Roth / Provide an expert to review chapter / Listeria monocytogenes

ToR: To provide, within the designated specialty, scientific and technical training to personnel from OIE Member Countries

6. Did your Collaborating Centre provide scientific and technical training, within the remit of the mandate given by the OIE, to personnel from OIE Member Countries?

Yes No

If the answer is yes, please provide the total number of trained persons for each of the following categories:

a)  Technical visits:

b)  Seminars: 2294

c)  Hands-on training courses: 32

d)  Internships (>1 month): 3

Type of technical training provided (a, b, c or d) / Content / Country of origin of the expert(s) provided with training / No. participants from the corresponding country
a / Provided training on vesicular stomatitis virus complement fixation diagnostic test methods / Côte d’Ivoire / 1
c / Veterinary Biologics Training Program– Immunolgy, Vaccination, and the USDA process for ensuring that vaccines are pure, safe, potent and effectiv / Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey / 32
b / Veterinary Immunology and Principles of Vaccination web based course (17 hours) / United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, Canada, Brazil, Spain, Australia, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, France, Mexico, Croatia / 41
B / Enfermedades Transfronterizas de los Animales web based course (offered 12 times in 2013) / Mexico, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica and OIRSA (association with representatives from member countries and collaborators) / 2253
d / Swine Influenza A Surveillance training (joint with the USDA National Animal Disease Center) / Brazil, Thailand, New Zealand / 3

ToR: To organise and participate in scientific meetings and other activities on behalf of the OIE

7. Did your Collaborating Centre organise or participate in the organisation of scientific meetings on behalf of the OIE?

Yes No

ToR: To collect, process, analyse, publish and disseminate data and information relevant to the designated specialty

8. Publication and dissemination of any information within the remit of the mandate given by the OIE that may be useful to Member Countries of the OIE

(Indicate in the appropriate box the number by category)

a)  Articles published in peer-reviewed journals: 3

Gauger, P.C., A.L. Vincent, C.L. Loving, K.M. Lager, B.H. Janke, M.E. Kehrli, J.A. Roth, 2013. Vaccine associated enhanced respiratory disease does not interfere with the adaptive immune response following challenge with pandemic A/H1N1 2009. Viral Immunology. 26:1-8
Goodell et al. PROTECTING OUR FUTURE - A road map for practical, real-time, on-farm infectious disease surveillance. 2013. Swine Health and Production. In Press.
Gauger, P.C., C.L. Loving, A. Lorusso, D.R. Perez, M.E. Kehrli, J.A. Roth, A.L. Vincent. 2013. Live attenuated influenza A virus vaccine protects against heterologous challenge with A(H1N1)pdm09 without inducing vaccine associated enhanced respiratory disease. Submitted for publication, J. Virol.

b)  International conference presentations: 3

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). “Partnership Between UNAM and ISU for Delivery of the Enfermedades Transfronterizas de los Animales Web-Based Course”. Mexico City, Mexico. October 28, 2013.
Elanco Immunity Science Symposium. Keynote Speech: “Innate Immunity. Introduction, Vienna, Austria, November 5-7, 2013
OIE Global Conference on Veterinary Education and the Role of the Veterinary Statutory Body. “How Web Based Training Can Enhance Veterinary Education”, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, December 4-6, 2013.

c) National conference presentations: 11

American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting. “Business continuity in the face of a foreign animal disease” San Diego, CA. March 4, 2013.
Multi-state Partnership for Security in Agriculture/Southern Agriculture & Animal Disaster Response Alliance Joint Regional Workshop, “Secure Food Supply Projects” New Orleans, LA. April 30, 2013.
Border Protection for Foreign Animal Diseases. Group Leader for Regionalization/Compartmentalization Policies Breakout Group. Arlington, VA. May 30-31, 2013.
World Pork Expo, PORK Academy. “Secure Pork Supply” Des Moines, IA. June 5, 2013.
National Pork Board Swine Health Committee Summer Meeting. “Secure Pork Supply Overview” and “FMD Vaccine Strategy Overview”. Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Orient Point, NY. July 30-31, 2013.
Food and Agriculture Sector Coordinating Council, “Secure Pork Supply Overview”. Washington, DC. September 11, 2013.
Food Research Institute, University of Wisconsin. “Development of Secure Food Supply Plans in the Event of a Foreign Animal Disease Outbreak". Madison, WI. October 1, 2013.
USAHA/AAVLD Committee on Animal Emergency Management, “Secure Food Supply Plans to Protect Animal Agriculture and the Food Supply in an FAD Outbreak”. San Diego, CA. October 19, 2013.
USAHA/AAVLD Committee on Transmissible Diseases of Swine. “Secure Pork Supply Project Update” San Diego, CA. October 20, 2013.
USAHA/AAVLD Committee on Foreign and Emerging Diseases. “Controlled Movement of Swine in an FMD Outbreak” and “CFSPH Education and Outreach Efforts”. October 21, 2013.
Department Of Homeland Security Region VII; Food, Agriculture, and Veterinary Response Exercise. Logistics Group Facilitator. Kansas City, MO. December 11-12, 2013

d) Other: 11

Vaccines and Diagnostics for Transboundary Animal Diseases. J. A. Roth, J. A. Richt, I. Morozov, (eds) Developments in Biologicals. 2013. Vol 135, 226 pages.
Zoonoses: Protecting People and Their Pets. G. Dvorak, J.A. Roth, G. C. Gray, B. Kaplan, (eds) Center for Food Security and Public Health, Iowa State University, 2013, 239 pages, ISBN: 978-0-9846270-3-5
http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/pdf/fad-prep-nahems-poultry-industry-manual
Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Plan - National Animal Health Emergency Management System. http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Emergency-Response/fad-prep.php
IICAB 2013 Veterinary Biologics Training Program, Block 1, Block 2, Block 3 lecture notes and reference materials. Available through the IICAB office. (http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/iicab -- IICAB website
https://eeda.sws.iastate.edu/ - Emerging and Exotic Diseases of Animals, 2013, a web based course for veterinary students and veterinarians.
http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Educacion-Instruccion/enfermedades-transfronterizas-de-los-animales.php?lang=es - Spanish version – Enfermedades Transfronterizas de los Animales, 2013
http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/DiseaseInfo/ - Fact sheets, diagnostic images, PowerPoints, infection control information and other animal health resources
http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/NVAP/ - National Veterinary Accreditation Program printed materials and links to USDA NVAP page.
http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Educacion-Instruccion/acreditacion-veterinaria.php?lang=es – Spanish language versions of Accreditation materials
http://VetImmunology.org -- Web based immunology and vaccination course
http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/emergency-response.php – Emergency response resources

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