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1 OIE Collaborating Centres Reports Activities Activities in 2015 This report has been submitted : :10:12 Title of collaborating centre: Biological Threat Reduction Address of Collaborating Centre: 2501 Earl Rudder Fwy, South Suite 701 College Station, Texas UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Tel.: Fax: address: iiad@ag.tamu.edu Website: iiad.tamu.edu Name of Director of Institute (Responsible Official): Gerald Parker, DVM, Ph.D. Interim Director Name (including Title and Position) of Head of the Collaborating Centre (formally OIE Contact Point): Gerald Parker, DVM, Ph.D. Interim Director Name of writer: Dr. Melissa Berquist Associate Director OIE Collaborating Centres Reports Activities,

2 ToR: To provide services to the OIE, in particular within the region, in the designated specialty, in support of the implementation of OIE policies and, where required, seek for collaboration with OIE Reference Laboratories ToR: To identify and maintain existing expertise, in particular within its region 1. Activities as a centre of research, expertise, standardisation and dissemination of techniques within the remit of the mandate given by the OIE Training, capacity building Title of activity Scope Building diagnostic and surveillance capacity through training programs IIAD and collaborators have conducted five capacity development training programs in diagnostic detection and surveillance activities. Three additional 2015 training programs were postponed to Additionally, IIAD sponsored the 5th International Symposium on Managing Animal Mortalities, Products, and By-Products and Associated Health Risks which hosted participants from 11 different countries to discuss global capability challenges in animal mortality management. IIAD trained 200 participants during 2015 in U.S.-based, in country training programs, or through international symposiums. Follow-on discussions regarding additional training activities are underway with many of the countries that IIAD collaborated with during Additional requests for in-country trainings in epidemiology and veterinary laboratory management are under development for IIAD will begin to offer online curriculum for our international training programs in Vaccines Title of activity Scope Development of vaccines for FMD IIAD and collaborators have worked to evaluate a novel vaccine platforms for protection against foot-and-mouth disease virus. In the past year, IIAD has constructed and tested a panel of alphavirus replicon RND particle-based vaccines for FMDV in swine. These candidates are now being optimized for manufacturing conditions to ensure the can be prepared at a scaled and cost consistent with standard livestock vaccines on the market. Preliminary efficacy studies demonstrate protection in both cattle and swine as early as seven days post-vaccination. IIAD is working with U.S. Government and industry partners to complete additional validation (to meet OIE standards) and license the kit for sale on the commercial market. Industry partners have initiated regulatory filings with the USDA Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB) to approve the production platform for FMD vaccine license. This type of approval would grand a conditional product license based on an initial candidate vaccine s efficacy data. Subsequent vaccines targeting other FMDV strains (several others are in various stages of development and evaluation) would be rapidly advanced under the existing conditional license approval. 2 OIE Collaborating Centres Reports Activities, 2015

3 ToR : To propose or develop methods and procedures that facilitate harmonisation of international standards and guidelines applicable to the designated specialty 2. Proposal or development of any procedure that will facilitate harmonisation of international regulations applicable to the surveillance and control of animal diseases, food safety or animal welfare Proposal title Scope/Content Applicable area 5th International Symposium on Managing Animal Mortality, Products, By-Products, and Associated Health Risk: Connecting Research, Regulation, and Response This one week symposium provided presentations, tours, handon activities, and demonstrations to determine effective plans and methods aimed at protecting animal health during routine and emergency animal mortality management. The symposium s focus included representatives from Australia, Canada, China, the Republic of Georgia, Korea, Nigeria, New Zealand, Tunisia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vietnam to discuss perspectives and experiences of animal mortality management globally. One-hundred seventy-nine, veterinarians, researchers, extension educators, government food and agriculture emergency managers, public health managers, food animal processors, and renderers were present. The emergency training exercise focused on highly pathogenic avian influenza, given its prevalence in North America in Surveillance and control of animal diseases Food safety Animal welfare ToR: To establish and maintain a network with other OIE Collaborating Centres designated for the same specialty, and should the need arise, with Collaborating Centres in other disciplines ToR: To carry out and/or coordinate scientific and technical studies in collaboration with other centres, laboratories or organisations 3. Did your Collaborating Centre maintain a network with other OIE Collaborating Centres (CC), Reference Laboratories (RL), or organisations designated for the same specialty, to coordinate scientific and technical studies? No 4. Did your Collaborating Centre maintain a network with other OIE Collaborating Centres, Reference laboratories, or organisations in other disciplines, to coordinate scientific and technical studies? Yes Name of OIE CC/RL/other organisation(s) Location Region of networking Centre Purpose OIE World Reference Center for FMD/Pirbright Institute Pirbright, UK Africa Americas Asia and Pacific Europe Middle East Develop and validate diagnostics for transboundary animal disease detection; Collaborator on international vaccine trial study design development OIE Collaborating Centres Reports Activities,

4 ToR: To place expert consultants at the disposal of the OIE. 5. Did your Collaborating Centre place expert consultants at the disposal of the OIE? Yes Name of expert Kind of consultancy Subject Dr. Tammy Beckham Subject matter expertise Presented the Technical Item The Use of Information Technology in Animal Health Management, Disease Reporting, Surveillance, and Emergency Response at the OIE 83rd General Session of the World Assembly of Delegates ToR: To provide, within the designated specialty, scientific and technical training to personnel from OIE Member Countries 6. Did your Collaborating Centre provide scientific and technical training, within the remit of the mandate given by the OIE, to personnel from OIE Member Countries? Yes a) Technical visits: b) Seminars: 1 c) Hands-on training courses: 2 d) Internships (>1 month): 3 Type of technical training provided (a, b, c or d) Content Country of origin of the expert(s) provided with training No. participants from the corresponding country B Provided seminars in current practices for mass animal depopulation, decontamination, and disinfection Australia, Canada, China, the Republic of Georgia, Korea, Nigeria, New Zealand, Tunisia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vietnam 179 ToR: To organise and participate in scientific meetings and other activities on behalf of the OIE 7. Did your Collaborating Centre organise or participate in the organisation of scientific meetings on behalf of the OIE? No 4 OIE Collaborating Centres Reports Activities, 2015

5 ToR: To collect, process, analyse, publish and disseminate data and information relevant to the designated specialty 8. Publication and dissemination of any information within the remit of the mandate given by the OIE that may be useful to Member Countries of the OIE a) Articles published in peer-reviewed journals: 2 Grau FR, Schroeder ME, Mulhern EL, McIntosh MT, Bounpheng MA. Detection of African swine fever, classical swine fever, and foot-and-mouth disease viruses in swine oral fluids by multiplex reverse transcription real-time polymerase chain reaction. J Vet Diagn Invest Mar;27(2): Schroeder, TC, Pendell, DL. Sanderson, MW. McReynolds SM. Economic Impact of Alternative FMD Emergency Vaccination Strategies in the Midwestern United States. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (1): b) International conferences: 7 Beckham, T. The Use of Information Technology in Animal Health Management, Disease Reporting, Surveillance and Emergency Response. 83rd OIE General Assembly. May Mur, L. Evaluation of an innovative biosurveillance system as an informative tool for conducting syndromic surveillance of equine health based on a pilot study in Colorado, USA. ISVEE. November Holmstrom, L. The enhanced passive surveillance system: a solution supporting data collection, integration and analysis for disease surveillance. ISVEE. November Goldsmith, T. Understanding Risk in Planning For and Responding To Catastrophic Animal Disease 3D Symposium. September-15 Flory, G. Field Demonstration of the Aboveground Burial Enhanced with Phytoremediation (ABEP) System as a Tool for Managing Animal Carcasses Following a Disease Outbreak 3D Symposium. September-15 DeOtte, R. Logistical Infrastructure for Carcass Disposal in Texas and the High Plains 3D Symposium. September-15 DeOtte, R. System Dynamics Perspectives to Control Spread of Animal Diseases and Reduce Number of Carcasses for Disposal. 3D Symposium September-15 c) National conferences: 11 An Overview of AgConnect for Business Continuity and Technology Demonstration Secure Pork Supply Evaluation Exercise Kickoff Meeting and Technology Training. January-15. Des Moines, IA. Implementation of the VSCP. TCEC Winter Conference. January-15. Austin, TX. An Update on AgConnect for Supporting the Secure Pork Supply Plan National Pork Board s State of Secure Pork Supply Meeting. Feb-15. Des Moines, IA. Overview of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Youth Vet Science Program. TVMA Bovine Practitioner Committee February-15. Arlington, TX. AgConnect Capabilities Overview and Applications for Bio-containment. Bio-containment IT Director s Conference. April-15. Manhattan, KS. Enhanced Passive Surveillance System and Business Continuity Update: Involving SAHOs. USAHA. October-15. Providence, RI. Enhanced Passive Surveillance Project: Integrating Diagnostic Laboratory Data using HL7 Messaging. USAHA. October-15. Providence, RI. Business Continuity and Supporting the Secure Pork Supply Plan. USAHA. October-15. Providence, RI. OIE Collaborating Centres Reports Activities,

6 Enhanced Passive Surveillance System: Swine Pilot Update. USAHA. October-15. Providence, RI. IIAD Portfolio Update. USAHA. October-15. Providence, RI. Enhanced Passive Surveillance System: Technology Supporting the Swine Industry for Early Disease Detection. North American PRRS Symposium. December-15. Chicago, IL d) Other (Provide website address or link to appropriate information): 0 6 OIE Collaborating Centres Reports Activities, 2015

OIE Collaborating Centers Reports Activities

OIE Collaborating Centers Reports Activities Activities in 2014 This report has been submitted : 2015-04-24 16:02:49 Title of collaborating centre: Emerging and Re-Emerging Zoonotic Diseases Address of