Committee On Foreign and Emerging Diseases

The purpose of the Committee on Foreign and Emerging Diseases is to serve as a forum for the exchange of information pertaining to global or emerging diseases of concern. It is the responsibility of members of this committee to bring to the attention of their peers the current world status and distribution of diseases of concern, recent advances in knowledge of the ecology and etiology of these diseases, improved diagnostic techniques, and successful methods for the control and eradication of these diseases. The Committee may invite experts from countries in which specific exotic diseases exist to present technical information for consideration of the members of the Committee. The committee presents this information in the form of a report to the USAHA executive committee. The committee may influence policy (government, academic, research, etc.) regarding these foreign and emerging diseases through appropriate resolutions presented to USAHA executive committee. Periodically the committee prepares, for publication by the USAHA, a field diagnostic manual entitled, "Foreign Animal Diseases, Their Prevention, Diagnosis and Control."

Members

Committee Member Directory

Reports

2012 Presentations

Update: Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate
— Michelle Colby, Branch Chief, Agricultural Defense Chemical and Biological Defense Division Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency Science and Technology Directorate

Update: Plum Island Animal Disease Center
— Luis Rodriguez, Agricultural Research Service, Plum Island Animal
Disease Center

Update: Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases
— Juergen Richt, Director, CEEZAD

Update: National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense
— Tammy Beckham, FAZD Center Texas A&M University

Update: National Animal Health Laboratory Network
— Barbara M. Martin and Sarah Tomlinson, U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Veterinary Services

2011 Schamallenberg Virus Outbreak
— Wim H. M. Van der Poel, Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen University and Research Centre

USDA Response to Schamallenberg Virus: Testing and Diagnosis
— Diane Rodman, U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Veterinary Services

Avian Influenza in Jalisco, Mexico
— Hugo Fragoso

Assessment of National Strategies for Control of HPAI and H5/H7 LPNAI With an Emphasis on Vaccination Programs
— David Swayne, OIE Collaborating Centre for Research On Emerging Avian Diseases

Development of an Influenza Risk Assessment Tool
— Susan Trock, Influenza Division, NCIRD, CDC

Quad FMD Code Project
— Tom Smylie, Foreign Animal Disease Section, CFIA

Is the United States Really at Risk for Introduction of Rift Valley Fever Virus?
— Mo Salman, Animal Population Health Institute, Colorado State University

One Health
— Valerie Ragan, Director, Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine

Cochliomyia hominivorax (New World Screwworm) Exercise in Florida with Historical and Current Threat Information
— Gregory Christy, Emergency Programs Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

FADD Field Manual for Use in FAD Field Investigations
— Liz Clark, U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Veterinary Services

Resolutions

2012: Resolution 31: STERILE SCREWWORM FLY PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
2011: Resolution 36: FUNDING FOR DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
2009: Resolution 20: ENHANCE DEVELOPMENT OF RISK ASSESSMENT MODELS BY DETERMINATION OF UNITED STATES WILDLIFE SUSCEPTIBILITY TO RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS
2008: Resolution 2: Regional and Operational Animal Health Emergency Management; Resolution 6: Surveillance for Bluetongue and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease in the United States and the Caribbean Region; Resolution 34: Funding for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Research
2007: Resolution 5: Funding and Planning of Integrated and Comprehensive Animal Health Surveillance
2006: Resolution 6: Support of Funding for a Demonstration Project to Implement the Proposed National Agriculture and Food Continuity of Business All Hazard Plan; Resolution 35: Coordination of International Efforts to Combat Disease; Resolution 36: Support for the Inter-American Group for the Eradication of Foot and Mouth Disease; Resolution 37: Continued Support for the Global Foot and Mouth Disease Research Alliance
2005: Resolution 37: National Coordinated Clearing House of Information; Resolution 38: National Specified Risk Materials Task Group; Resolution 39: Support Grupo Interamericano Para la Eradicacion de la Fiebre Aftosa; Resolution 40: Funding for Research on Vaccines and Antivirals for Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Classical Swine Fever; Resolution 41: Development and Implementation of Rapid Milk Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing for Foot and Mouth Disease
2004: Resolution 07: Federal Funding for the National Animal Health Laboratory Network; Resolution 19: Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9; Resolution 22: Training Opportunities for Veterinary Students