Dear colleagues, No doubt that seromonitoring is the only solution available right now to scrutinize a vaccination program. Seromonitoring following vaccination is quite useful with several positive points. A local system with optimally working laboratory is necessary for an effective monitoring. Additionally there is a need to ensure that vaccination campaigns meet the standard requirements. Thanks. Suresh Basagoudanavar On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Kivaria, Fredrick (FAOTZ) < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > > > I would like to give a quick comment on the value of sero-monitoring > > In the majority of our countries animal health surveillance system is > based on what I call "opportunistic surveillance system", whereby we wait > for a livestock producer or livestock filed officer to report on an > outbreak of a given disease. So what would be the value of sero-monitoring > in such a situation? On the other hand vaccination campaigns are rarely > done as per the standard prescriptions, greatly jeopardizing the value of > either pre or post monitoring vaccination. To me the most practical > approach would be "scouting" for the disease, vaccinate the surrounding > population at risk least twice on the yearly basis as per the standard > prescriptions ... and move forward! > > > > Dr. Mtui could you comment whether sero-monitoring was ever useful in the > just collapsed CBPP rollback plan in Tanzania? > > > > Fred > > > > *From:* Establishment of a PPR Global Research and Expertise Network > (PPR-GREN) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Niwael > Mtui > *Sent:* 18 February 2014 15:52 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: Seromonitoring after vaccination - how useful is it? > > > > Dear all > I support John > Sero-monitoring is important and this need to be combined with clinical > surveillance have a good case definition in place. The monitoring need be > to targeted and results have to be released timely for improving efficiency > of future campaigns > > > > > Niwael J. Mtui-Malamsha, PhD > Principal Vet Officer - PPR Control, > Directorate of Veterinary Services, > Tanzania > > > > On Monday, 17 February 2014, 11:23, J ANDERSON < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Dear All > > I disagree with Paul and would suggest seromonitoring proved very > enlightening in some countries. I realise it is expensive but perhaps in > future campaigns we will use a more focused approach, not the blanket > vaccination employed in the early stages of PARC, PACE and GREP, in which > case seromonitoring is essential to monitor the performance of the > vaccination teams and the cold-chain. Otherwise you could be living in a > fools paradise erroneously believing the animals are immune. In Tanzania > seromonitoring identified a number of issues which, once identified, were > easily rectified. Seromonitoring may not be needed throughout the > vaccination campaign but really useful in the early stages to ensure all > teams are operating optimally. As Paul mentioned this also gives the > Laboratories a chance to gain expertise and ensure all assays are working > optimally > > > > Regards > > > > Professor John Anderson MBE > > Retired Head of Pirbright Laboratory and the World Reference Laboratory > for Morbilliviruses > > > > *From:* Paul Rossiter <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Sent:* Thursday, 13 February 2014, 9:31 > *Subject:* Seromonitoring after vaccination - how useful is it? > > > > Dear Colleagues, > > > > Although mentioned once or twice in passing we haven't heard much about > seromonitoring during the conference. > > > > As some participants know I am not greatly in favour of seromonitoring as > a general follow-up to vaccination campaigns. It is expensive, the > results usually arrive too late to be of use, and when they do arrive in > time there are insufficient resources for a re-vaccination. I know it > has an important role in disease investigation where vaccine failure is a > possibility and is obviously needed for epidemiological studies but as a > routine accompaniment to vaccination.....mmm? In rinderpest eradication > we did a lot of sero-monitoring but I reckon that the most useful thing to > come out of it was to train the laboratories to high levels of competence > for the much more important sero-surveillance when vaccination ceased. > Money saved on seromonitoring can be used for extra epidemiology such as > disease search etc. > > > > Would anyone care to put me right on this? > > regards,- Moderator. > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the FAO-AnimalHealth-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FAO-AnimalHealth-L&A=1 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the FAO-AnimalHealth-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FAO-AnimalHealth-L&A=1 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the FAO-AnimalHealth-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FAO-AnimalHealth-L&A=1 > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the FAO-AnimalHealth-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FAO-AnimalHealth-L&A=1 > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Suresh H. 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