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Betacoronavirus/isolamento & purificação , Técnicas de Laboratório Clínico/veterinária , Infecções por Coronavirus/epidemiologia , Infecções por Coronavirus/veterinária , Pandemias/veterinária , Pneumonia Viral/epidemiologia , Pneumonia Viral/veterinária , Animais , COVID-19 , Teste para COVID-19 , Infecções por Coronavirus/diagnóstico , SARS-CoV-2 , Reino Unido/epidemiologiaRESUMO
EPIC, Scottish Government's Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks, offers a successful and innovative model for provision of scientific advice and analysis to policy-makers in Scotland. In this paper, we describe EPIC's remit and operations, and reflect on three case studies which illustrate how the Centre of Expertise Model provides risk-based evidence through rapid access to emergency advice and analyses, estimating disease risks and improving disease detection, assessing different disease control options, and improving future risk resilience. The successes and challenges faced by EPIC and its members offer useful lessons for animal health researchers and authorities, working in contingency planning for animal health security in other countries.
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Surtos de Doenças/veterinária , Vírus da Influenza A Subtipo H5N8/patogenicidade , Influenza Aviária/epidemiologia , Influenza Aviária/virologia , Vigilância de Evento Sentinela/veterinária , Animais , Aves , Vírus da Influenza A Subtipo H5N8/isolamento & purificação , Risco , Reino Unido/epidemiologiaRESUMO
Working with pre-school age children while her own sons were growing up almost led Sheila Voas to retrain as a teacher, but she found she missed veterinary work.