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- Title
Response to Bio-terrorism Directed against Animals.
- Authors
WILLIAMS, JOHN L.; SHEESLEY, DAN
- Abstract
A bstract: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has a long history of rapid direction, control, and eradication of devastating diseases. Our immediate response mechanisms to diseases such as avian influenza, Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis, and Newcastle disease, have long been recognized by the global emergency response community as models of control and eradication. APHIS and the U.S. livestock industries, in partnership with the Animal Agriculture Coalition, re-evaluated the Nation's animal health emergency preparedness and response systems. The group identified areas that negatively impact, biologically and/or economically, the Nation's animal and food production industries. To counter the increased risks including bio-terrorism, APHIS plans to establish a world-class 'Center of Excellence for Animal Health Emergency Management. 'APHIS, Intelligence agencies, other Federal departments, State governments, and industries are working together to provide accurate information on the foreign and domestic threats posed to the U.S. agricultural sector by biological weapons. Additionally, the same agencies and organizations are evaluating, updating, and improving the coordination and training mechanisms necessary to respond in the even of a widespread pest or disease outbreak.
- Publication
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2000, Vol 916, Issue 1, p117
- ISSN
0077-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05281.x