Dear Colleagues
I would like to comment on
Fredrick viewpoint while saying that sero-monitoring with out properly and
statistically designed and analysed will just be wastage of resources and time
but at the same time vaccination twice a year will again put a significant
pressure (in terms of money & time) on the already inadequately resourced
veterinary services. Therefore, I feel there is a need for an advocacy campaign
for the enhancement and institutionalisation of the epidemiological and
analytical capacity / skills of national veterinary services which will enable
to have risk based vaccination strategies in conjunction with sero-monitoring
while utilizing their resources efficiently.
Akram

Dr.Muhammad Akram
DVM, M.Sc (Hons), MPH (Canada), Ph.D
Consultant (Regional Epidemiology Center Assistant Coordinator)
Regional Support Unit
Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Unit
(SAARC)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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