(Moderator: Mark Woolhouse, committee member)

Animal Health Surveillance Systems

This panel will discuss the varying methodologies used to conduct surveillance in different animal populations, including: poultry and livestock (for consumption), wildlife and exotic animals, marine mammals, and bushmeat. The presenters should:

• Briefly describe the surveillance activities/methodologies and current funding levels, special challenges to conducting surveillance in these different populations;

• Discuss the reliability/validity (including sensitivity and specificity) of data obtained from these surveillance systems, timeliness, access to data—how the data are shared/disseminated, what it would take to achieve sustainability over many years; and

• Highlight the major gaps and challenges.

The session will focus on international surveillance initiatives, rather than U.S.-focused programs.