Surveillance

Data collection to measure magnitude and changes in population trends with the objective to intervene is known as _______

surveillance

Surveillance without an intervention threshold is known as ________

monitoring

testing apparently healthy individuals to confirm negative status and identify previously unknown infected individuals is known as _______

screening

if disease is absent with surveillance we gain

• early detection

• demonstrate freedom

if disease is present with surveillance we gain

• case findings

• measures of disease level

identifying a disease before significant spread is known as _______

early detection

what are case findings

identifying infected animals during a control program

what agencies hold surveillance over animal health

• state departments of agriculture

• USDA aphis

• NAHLN

what agencies hold surveillance over human health

• CDC

• FDA

collecting data for another purpose and finding something is known as what

passive surveillance

collecting data for specific use of a surveillance program is known as 

active surveillance

what are the advantages and disadvantages of passive surveillance

advantages: efficient

disadvantages: could have incomplete data

what is an example of passive surveillance

antibiograms

antibiograms provide information about _________

antimicrobial resistance

key takeaways from bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis

• both diseases have transitioned from livestock to wildlife reservoirs

• food borne transmission is not important

• direct transmission from wildlife reservoir to livestock is the primary concern