United States Animal Health Association.

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

2008 Presentations

Policy Development
Foot-and-Mouth Disease response plan update	J. Diez
Wildlife disease strategies	J. Rhyan
Collaborative Technologies for Disease Prevention, Early Detection and Rapid Response	T. Bernardo
Diagnostics, Surveillance, Modeling, and Research
Rift Valley Fever overview and recent developments at USDA	K. Linthicum
Rift Valley Fever in East Africa	S. Wainwright
Rift Valley Fever proposed Florida exercise	T. Holt
Plum Island Animal Disease Center research update	L. Rodriguez
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza research update	D. Suarez
The North American Animal Diseases Simulation Model	K. Forde-Folle
Outbreak Reports, Analyses, and Implications
Foot-and-Mouth Disease in wildlife	J. Rhyan
Foot-and-Mouth Disease in the United Kingdom	R. Drummond
Review of the zoonotic potential of Foot-and-Mouth Disease	S. Burnham
FMD/AI BioPortal update	P. Willeberg
Equine Influenza and Hendra in Australia	P. Kirkland
African Swine fever in the Caucasus	L. Logan/ R. Tanaka
Outreach and Education
School for Global Animal Health at Washington State University	T. McElwain
Afghanistan National Animal Health program	R. Smith
Capacity building of National Animal Health Programs in newly established countries	M. Salman/ P. Cowan
Gulf Region Animal Health overview	A. Torres
Foreign Animal Disease education activities	P. Cowen
Diagnostic harmonization in North America	P. Kitching

2007 Presentations: APHIS International Technical & Regulatory Capacity Building — Eric Hoffman; HPAI Update for Egypt — Linda Logan; International Coordination Group for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza — Joe Annelli; HPAI Work in Southeast Asia — Petrus Wicaksana; Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Vaccines: Development of a Marked, Multiepitope Subunit Vaccine — Marvin Grubman; FMD in the UK August 2007 — Paul Gibbs; FMD BioPortal for global surveillance — Andres Perez; A Review of White Spot Disease of Shrimp & Other Decapod Crustaceans — Don Lightner; Foreign Animal Disease Research Unit — Luis Rodriguez; Research Update on Exotic and Emerging Poultry Diseases — David Swayne; National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) Update NAHLN Update — Beth Lautner; A Career in Public Veterinary Practice: Are you up to the Challenge — Linda Detwiler; OIE Evaluation of Veterinary Services: "Performance Vision & Strategy" — Alfonso Torres; Crisis Management Centre — Victoria Bridges; Afghan/Iraq Rebuilding Strategies Working Group — Paula Cowen; Screwworm Program — Eric Hoffman; The National Animal Health Surveillance System (NAHSS) — Bruce Akey

Resolutions

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