Epidemiological tools and principles in establishing an efficient livestock disease reporting system in Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Published in: New dimensions and challenges for sustainable livestock farming : proceedings of the 11th Animal Science Congress, The Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies pp. 415 - 418
• Main Authors: Fejzic, N, Seric, S, Salman, M, McCluskey, B, Dargatz, D.A, Caklovica, F, Smajlovic, M, Smajlovic, A, Cobanov, D
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Society of Animal Production 2004
• Subjects: ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMAL HEALTH; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BOSNIA Y HERZEGOVINA; BOSNIE-HERZEGOVINE; CONTROL DE ENFERMEDADES; CONTROLE DE MALADIES; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENFERMEDADES DE LOS ANIMALES; EPIDEMIOLOGIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALADIE DES ANIMAUX; SANIDAD ANIMAL; SANTE ANIMALE; SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGIQUE; VIGILANCIA DE ENFERMEDADES
• ISBN: 9789839951998; 9839951998

Risk of negative impacts on animal roduction and public health from the multiple sources exposure to infectious agents of livestock population in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BandH) is great. Unfortunately BandH as a transition country has limited resources for disease prevention and it has inherited an inflexible and inefficient disease control system. This paper offers a scientific framework for an efficient livestock disease reporting system in the BandH economic and epidemiological conditions. After analyzing the available data on disease status in our country we applied some epidemiological tools to characterize certain disease by their frequency, seasonality, host susceptibility, agent virulence and economical damage that they cause. By interfacing those disease patterns and current veterinary administration organization we came up to a disease reporting system that is based on epidemiological principles and flexible enough to efficiently respond to changes in disease occurance. This system allows allocation of resources available for the national surveillance program in a manner of changing priorities and attention to certain disease depending on its current status. Our suggestion for the problem of miscommunication between veterinary and government agencies on different level of jurisdiction is through establishing the Animal Health Information Center that will operate at the national level and gather disease status data and provide reports and suggestions for decision makers.