TY - JOUR
T1 - Monitoring the spread of swine enteric coronavirus diseases in the United States in the absence of a regulatory framework
AU - Perez, Andres M
AU - Alba, Anna
AU - Goede, Dane
AU - McCluskey, Brian
AU - Morrison, Robert
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Perez, Alba, Goede, McCluskey and Morrison.
PY - 2016/3/14
Y1 - 2016/3/14
N2 - The reporting and monitoring of swine enteric coronavirus diseases (SECD), including porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and porcine delta coronavirus, in the United States have been challenging because of the initial absence of a regulatory framework and the emerging nature of these diseases. The National Animal Health Laboratory Network, the Emergency Management and Response System, and the Swine Health Monitoring Project were used to monitor the disease situation between May 2013 and March 2015. Important differences existed between and among them in terms of nature and extent of reporting. Here, we assess the implementation of these systems from different perspectives, including a description and comparison of collected data, disease metrics, usefulness, simplicity, flexibility, acceptability, representativeness, timeliness, and stability. This assessment demonstrates the limitations that the absence of premises identification imposes on certain animal health surveillance and response databases, and the importance of federally regulated frameworks in collecting accurate information in a timely manner. This study also demonstrates the value that the voluntary and producer-organized systems may have in monitoring emerging diseases. The results from all three data sources help to establish the baseline information on SECD epidemiological dynamics after almost 3 years of disease occurrence in the country.
AB - The reporting and monitoring of swine enteric coronavirus diseases (SECD), including porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and porcine delta coronavirus, in the United States have been challenging because of the initial absence of a regulatory framework and the emerging nature of these diseases. The National Animal Health Laboratory Network, the Emergency Management and Response System, and the Swine Health Monitoring Project were used to monitor the disease situation between May 2013 and March 2015. Important differences existed between and among them in terms of nature and extent of reporting. Here, we assess the implementation of these systems from different perspectives, including a description and comparison of collected data, disease metrics, usefulness, simplicity, flexibility, acceptability, representativeness, timeliness, and stability. This assessment demonstrates the limitations that the absence of premises identification imposes on certain animal health surveillance and response databases, and the importance of federally regulated frameworks in collecting accurate information in a timely manner. This study also demonstrates the value that the voluntary and producer-organized systems may have in monitoring emerging diseases. The results from all three data sources help to establish the baseline information on SECD epidemiological dynamics after almost 3 years of disease occurrence in the country.
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Monitoring
KW - Swine enteric coronavirus
KW - United States
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U2 - 10.3389/fvets.2016.00018
DO - 10.3389/fvets.2016.00018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85020265337
SN - 2297-1769
VL - 3
JO - Frontiers in Veterinary Science
JF - Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IS - MAR
M1 - 18
ER -