Animal Disease Reporting System

National PPR Disease Eradication Program
Asela Regional Veterinary Laboratory

PPR Disease Eradication & Control
Program Branch Office
Animal Disease Reporting/surveillance System in Ethiopia
By; Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, Msc in vet Epidemiology) Epidemiology coordinator @ Asella Regional
Veterinary Laboratory
11/28/2023
January 11, Adama, Oromia
Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo
gy) Epidemiology Coordinator and Expert @ Asella Regional Vet
INTRODUCTION
 Animal production in developing countries is facing important health issues,
with potential consequences for human health
 Animal disease Surveillance is an important tool for disease control,

prevention & eradication program
 Successful control of epidemics depends on rapid access to complete

information on disease situation
 OIE Member countries have an obligation to fulfil international commitment

to notify occurrence of diseases
 Chapters 1.1. of the Terrestrial and Aquatic Codes
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Intro….
 The National Animal Disease Surveillance System (NADSS):- a set of
connections of partners working together through surveillance to protect
animal health.
 The goal is to systematically collect, collate, and analyze animal health data and promptly
disseminate the information.
 Relies mainly on field disease outbreak reports.
 Focuses on TADs
 The NADSS has two components
 DOVAR-II
 ADNIS

To support the declarations
of diseases status for
trading purpose.
To Establish strong
animal health information To have reliable surveillance
system
system.
OBJECTIVE
To support the declarations To fulfill international

of diseases status for the diseases reporting
purpose of finalizing agreements.
eradication programs.

National Animal Disease Surveillance System
(NADSS)
• DOVAR-II
(Disease Outbreak Vaccination Activity Reporting)
• ADINIS
(Animal disease Notification & Investigation System)

 The data is used for planning & policy development
 Control and prevention programs: Vaccinations
 Helping the national PPR control program
 PPR notifications/Alert: shared to coordinators and PDS teams for action
 Follow up and control of TADs
 Fulfill international requirements
 Sanitary measures & Risk analysis: trade

NADSS
 One important aspect of the surveillance systems is Provision of feedback
to end users and other stakeholders
 Biannual feedback is sent for regions after analyzing and interpreting the
data
 Reporting performance
 Quality of reports
 Disease temporal & spatial distribution
 Data generated from the system are shared for international & region
organizations
 OIE and FAO
DOVAR II
•DOVAR-2 report is one of the real time diseases reporting mechanism.
•DOVAR-2 reporting system is a partial web based application by which
monthly diseases outbreak reports are collected, stored , collated and analyzed
at RVL.
•In our operational areas the reporting were from seven zones of namely Arsi,
W/Arsi, Bale, East Bale, East Shewa, North Shewa and Special zone
surrounding Finfine.
•The ways of reporting; from field information via animal health worker
(DOVAR-2 focal personnel).
•Therefore; based on these we collect and fill to the web based diseases
reporting system.

Way of Diseases reporting by DOVAR-II
OIE
MoA (epidemiology directorate)

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d Regional Veterinary lab
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k Woredas Zonal Animal
DOVAR-II focal health processer
person
Kebele animal health

worker
Animal owners CAHWS

Online DOVAR Reporting Website

Asella Regional Veterinary Laboratory
Disease Outbreak and Vaccination Activity Report collection format from PA’s to District
District _____________________ Month ___________Year ________________
PAs _____________________ Location: GPS/Latitude: __________________ Longitude: _________________ Altitude: _________
No Disease Species Sex Diagnosis Date of Date of Status No of No of No of Vaccination

first case report cases deaths slaughter PAR
Prophylaxis Control
•PAR: Population at risk

•PA: Peasant Associations (Ganda)
•Diagnosis: Confirmed “*C” and Suspected “*S”
•Status at the end of the Month: Continuing “**C” or Ended “**E”
Prepared by: Name __________________________ Signature ____________________
Date:______________________
ADNIS
• a Smartphone based System for immediate Notification of Animal
Disease
• Animal Disease Notification and Investigation System (ADNIS) a
system that local authorities are used to transmit information on
animal diseases to the central government, including;
 type of disease,
location,
numbers of animals affected
population at risk and
kind of intervention measures taken.

Surveillance
systematic ongoing collection, collation, and analysis
of information related to animal health and the timely
dissemination of information to those who need to
know so that action can be taken (OIE)
There should be prompt feedback to the data

suppliers so that they know they are making a useful
contribution.

Importance of Surveillance
Animal health surveillance is an essential tool to:

 Detect disease/infection
 monitor disease trends
 facilitate the control of disease/infection
 support claims for freedom
 provide data for use in risk analysis
 animal and/or public health purposes
 substantiate the rationale for sanitary measures

Types of surveillance
There are two main types of Passive surveillance
 A key part of early warning system
surveillance used for data to detect outbreaks
collection:
 A continuous activity and a basic
 Passive surveillance requirement of the OIE
 Disease reporting is an important

component of the passive
surveillance
 Active surveillance
 Notifiable disease reporting is
mandatory
Passive surveillance ...
 Is not restricted to a specific disease
 It identifies which diseases are present in country and

where disease is
 Is a continuous activity and a basic requirement of the

World Animal Health Organization (OIE)
 Minimum requirement of disease reporting rate is 80%

Active surveillance
Active collection of data to detect and measure the
presence of a specific disease (infection) or diseases in
populations or individual animals
It is based on:
 Disease search by animal health service providers (stock
route/livestock market inspection, farm visits and border point
inspection)
 Surveys, Participatory Disease Searches, Disease investigations

Indicators of Effective Surveillance
Timeliness
Representativeness
Surveillance Method Cost
Sensitivity
Simplicity
Acceptability
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Sustainability
Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo
Animal disease surveillance in Ethiopia….
 At national level both active and passive

surveillance are implemented
 Passive surveillance is the fundamental source of

animal health information of the country & also
used to fulfil international requirements.

surveillance in Ethiopia….
 Active surveillance: implemented through AHI & RVLs

 Used to determine status, progression, effectiveness of
control program for priority disease
 Trade sensitive, zoonotic diseases, etc (Brucellosis,
RVF)
 Investigate an outbreak
 Risk based surveillance: endemic & exotic disease
Not widely practiced due to limited capacity

Actors of surveillance
 Regional Epidemiology Units

 At Regional level -Regional laboratories
 Zones
 Districts
 Villages
 Individual Farmers/Pastoralists
MoA
Livestock development
Others
sector
Challenges/limitations
 Absence of regulation forcing professionals on compulsory reporting of disease
outbreaks.
 Awareness & technical gap and lack of commitment: some individuals
 Lack of specified internet line for surveillance system server
 Limitation of capacity for outbreak investigation (Budget, logistic,

consumables, etc)
 Absence of strong feed back and response mechanism
 Limited information sharing with stakeholders
Thank you!!
Galatoomaa!!


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National PPR Disease Eradication Program

Asela Regional Veterinary Laboratory

 Animal disease Surveillance is an important tool for disease control,

 Successful control of epidemics depends on rapid access to complete

 OIE Member countries have an obligation to fulfil international commitment

11/28/2023 Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo

11/28/2023 Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo

To support the declarations To fulfill international

11/28/2023 Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo

11/28/2023 Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo

 Control and prevention programs: Vaccinations

 Helping the national PPR control program

 PPR notifications/Alert: shared to coordinators and PDS teams for action

 Follow up and control of TADs

 Fulfill international requirements

 Sanitary measures & Risk analysis: trade

11/28/2023 Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo

MoA (epidemiology directorate)

Kebele animal health

Animal owners CAHWS

11/28/2023 Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo

11/28/2023 Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo

No Disease Species Sex Diagnosis Date of Date of Status No of No of No of Vaccination

•PAR: Population at risk

11/28/2023 Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo

There should be prompt feedback to the data

11/28/2023 Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo

Animal health surveillance is an essential tool to:

11/28/2023 Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo

 Disease reporting is an important

 It identifies which diseases are present in country and

 Is a continuous activity and a basic requirement of the

 Minimum requirement of disease reporting rate is 80%

11/28/2023 Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo

11/28/2023 Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo

Surveillance Method Cost

 At national level both active and passive

 Passive surveillance is the fundamental source of

11/28/2023 Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo

 Active surveillance: implemented through AHI & RVLs

11/28/2023 Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo

 Regional Epidemiology Units

 Lack of specified internet line for surveillance system server

 Limitation of capacity for outbreak investigation (Budget, logistic,

11/28/2023 Janaury,2023 Dr. Abdissa Lemma (DVM, MSc in Vet Epidemiolo

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