Description
The team at EIDS (Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance) will discuss and inform on the most common infectious diseases seen in the UK equine population. The lecture will include valuable insights from the diagnosis, to accurate and rapid testing, through to effective management and the importance of integrating and collaborating with surveillance. The disease areas which will be covered include strangles (Streptococcus equi), equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy and equine influenza. From this session, you will also learn the importance of surveillance and the tools available to optimise clinical outcomes during disease outbreaks and its role in vaccination development.
Learning Objectives
- Evaluate the importance of surveillance and its role in informing research into disease control/prevention measures
- Learn effective outbreak approaches including testing strategies to optimise outcomes during disease outbreaks
- Appreciate the veterinary surgeons’ essential role in surveillance activities
- Understand and consider equine surveillance in the UK
