Authors:
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Year Published:
2010
Resource Type:
Tools & Manuals
Language:
English

As per the Livestock Policy Discussion Paper No. 9 of the FAO, transboundary animal diseases (TADs) are defined as "those that are of significant economic, trade and/or food security importance for a considerable number of countries; which can easily spread to other countries and reach epidemic proportions, and where control/management, including exclusion, requires cooperation between several countries." The same paper lists the following diseases as TADs" Contagious Bovine Pleuro-Pneumonia, Foot and Mouth Disease, Peste de Petits Ruminant, Rift Valley Fever, Avian Influenza, and Newcastle Disease. 

This manual presents case definition for 15 priority livestock diseases that have significance in terms of food security, public health and international trade. Where possible, the case definition is complemented with photos of clinical signs and postmortem lesions. 

This manual is intended to assist animal personnel in the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia to properly define disease events and avoid misclassification of cases. Furthermore, it includes protocol for livestock disease reporting in the Somali Regional State.