by Catriona Mackenzie | 4 Nov, 2020 | Blog, News
Ausvet, the recipient of a grant from the Grand Challenges Explorations program, an initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, are working together with Farmerline to roll out an Interactive Voice Response System for plant disease surveillance. This...
by Catriona Mackenzie | 31 Aug, 2020 | Blog, News
Collaboration among people from multiple disciplines is key to the implementation of a One Health approach. Surveillance for infectious diseases is one aspect of health systems where such collaboration is essential. The design and implementation of surveillance draw...
by Catriona Mackenzie | 19 Aug, 2020 | Blog, News
Qualitative research methods have the capacity to generate useful insights into complex causation of many of our major health issues and contribute to epidemiology. Research on this subject conducted by Ausvet’s Senior Epidemiology Consultant, Dr Melanie...
by Catriona Mackenzie | 18 Aug, 2020 | Biosecurity, Blog, News
ASF is an infectious disease of swine causing major losses in the swine industry worldwide. Early detection of ASF is challenging because of the wide range of non‐specific clinical signs produced and its relatively low contagiousness. Monitoring pig mortality is a...
by Anne Meyer | 30 Jul, 2020 | Events, News
The Ausvet team has just published a 5th article on the epidemiology of salmonid rickettsial septicaemia in Chile, based on work conducted with the Chilean government and salmon industry in the past few years. The article is freely available for download until...
by Catriona Mackenzie | 14 Apr, 2020 | Blog, Events, News
In the past few years, Ausvet has worked with government and industry in Chile to tackle one of the most important disease problems facing the Chilean salmon industry. Based on this work, an article entitled ‘Effectiveness of antimicrobial treatment of salmonid...
