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Qualitative research methods should be included in the epidemiology toolkit

Qualitative research methods should be included in the epidemiology toolkit

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...
Monitoring mortality data as a tool in the early detection of African Swine Fever

Monitoring mortality data as a tool in the early detection of African Swine Fever

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...
Between-farm water-borne pathogen dissemination and salmonid rickettsial septicaemia in Chile

Between-farm water-borne pathogen dissemination and salmonid rickettsial septicaemia in Chile

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...
Tackling disease and antibiotic usage in the Chilean salmon industry.

Tackling disease and antibiotic usage in the Chilean salmon industry.

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...
Community-based syndromic surveillance to support our COVID-19 response

Community-based syndromic surveillance to support our COVID-19 response

by Catriona Mackenzie | 3 Apr, 2020 | Blog

We have recently uploaded a 4-minute video to talk about some of the benefits of community-based syndromic surveillance and the role it could have in supporting our decision-makers to make more reliable, timelier, evidence-based decisions during this pandemic....

An open letter to our clients, colleagues and friends

by Ben Madin | 25 Mar, 2020 | Blog, News, Updates

The COVID-19 pandemic leaves us all facing uncertainty that is unprecedented in modern times. As well as fears about the spread of the virus, the impacts of controls and reactions to these impacts is causing great concern for many people. Thankfully, we are seeing the...
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