Global Livestock Health Policy

Global Livestock Health Policy is designed to provide an
understanding of the complexities of national and subnational
animal and public health policies and how those policies impact
domestic livestock industries. These policies shape domestic
disease control programs, international trade, and food safety
efforts.

This book offers public policy makers and animal health
officials in government and industry a foundation on which to
institute scientifically sound national and subnational animal
health programs; solidify infrastructures; enhance communication
between legislators, regulators, and affected parties; and expedite
international agreements for safe worldwide movement of animals and
animal products in a global free market economy.

Organized in eight free standing chapters which include case
studies, a glossary and an epilogue, this arrangement leads readers
progressively through the events and decisions underlying the
present US and global animal health policy status, lays out
challenges facing the US and other nations, describes the
components of a credible and competitive animal health
infrastructure, and puts forward strategies for achieving policies
that are adaptable to global and domestic dynamics while addressing
the multiple issues and interests bearing on animal health, animal
welfare, and food safety. The case studies contain background
information and questions for group discussions.

The book is intended for use by animal health officials;
agribusiness leaders; commodity groups; financial institutions;
legislators and their staffs; importers and exporters of animals,
animal products, biologics and pharmaceuticals; leadership of the
regulatory, academic and diagnostic sectors of the agricultural and
veterinary communities; consumers; or anyone else interested in
protection, production, processing, and distribution of animals and
related products.

Auteur
Robert F. Kahrs is the author of Global Livestock Health Policy: Challenges, Opportunties and Strategies for Effective Action, published by Wiley.

Résumé
Global Livestock Health Policy is designed to provide an understanding of the complexities of national and subnational animal and public health policies and how those policies impact domestic livestock industries. These policies shape domestic disease control programs, international trade, and food safety efforts.

This book offers public policy makers and animal health officials in government and industry a foundation on which to institute scientifically sound national and subnational animal health programs; solidify infrastructures; enhance communication between legislators, regulators, and affected parties; and expedite international agreements for safe worldwide movement of animals and animal products in a global free market economy.

Organized in eight free standing chapters which include case studies, a glossary and an epilogue, this arrangement leads readers progressively through the events and decisions underlying the present US and global animal health policy status, lays out challenges facing the US and other nations, describes the components of a credible and competitive animal health infrastructure, and puts forward strategies for achieving policies that are adaptable to global and domestic dynamics while addressing the multiple issues and interests bearing on animal health, animal welfare, and food safety. The case studies contain background information and questions for group discussions.

The book is intended for use by animal health officials; agribusiness leaders; commodity groups; financial institutions; legislators and their staffs; importers and exporters of animals, animal products, biologics and pharmaceuticals; leadership of the regulatory, academic and diagnostic sectors of the agricultural and veterinary communities; consumers; or anyone else interested in protection, production, processing, and distribution of animals and related products.

Contenu

Acronyms xi

Preface xv

1. Livestock Health Policy: the Basics 3

Introduction 3

What Are Global Livestock Health Policies? 4

How Are Livestock Health Policies Developed? 4

Driving Forces and Framers of Livestock Health Policies 5

Elements of the Global Livestock Health Policy Hierarchy 9

International Livestock Health Policies 12

Administration of Livestock Health Policies 12

Communication of Livestock Health Policies 13

Broad-Based Constituencies and Complex Issues Create Challenges 13

Complex Interactions Among Science Politics and Culture 13

Livestock Health Information Sources 23

The Crucial Role of Communication in Livestock Health Polices 23

Bibliography 24

2. Twentieth Century Progress and Change in Livestock Health 25

Introduction 25

Changing Livestock Production and Management Systems 26

Advances in Livestock Breeding and Reproductive Efficiency 27

Advances in Diagnosis and Control of Metabolic Diseases 30

Advances in Diagnosis and Control of Toxicologic Diseases 31

Advances in Diagnosis and Control of Parasitic Diseases 32

Advances in Diagnosis and Control of Infectious Diseases 33

Emergence of Antimicrobials in Livestock Health 35

Advances in Immunology 40

Improved Vaccines for Livestock Diseases 41

Progress Toward Understanding Vector-Borne Diseases 45

Emergence of Growth Promotants 45

Mechanized Systems for Processing Meat Poultry and Dairy Products 48

Improvements in Refrigeration and Transportation of Perishable Foods 50

Importance of Animal Health to Livestock Profitability, Human Health and Food Safety 50

Twentieth Century Global Dynamics' Impact on National Economies, Livestock Health and Human Health 51

Progress Produces Challenges and Presents Opportunities 52

Bibliography 52

3. Thirty Years That Shaped Livestock Health Policy 55

Introduction 55

Impact of Outbreaks of FMD 55

Appearance of the TSEs 60

Increasing Attention to Emerging Diseases 63

New Disease-Control and Eradication Campaigns 63

Growing Importance of Captive and Free-Ranging Wildlife to Livestock Health 64

Globalization Movement and Livestock Health Policies 66

Formation of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement of the World Trade Organization (WTO) 67

Prerogatives Surrounding the WTO SPS Principles and International Standards 69

Growing Public Concern About Animal Welfare 69

Growing Consumer Concern About Food Safety 70

Growing Concern About the Environment 71

Application of Epidemiology and Risk Analysis to Livestock Health Disciplines 72

The Age of Information Technology (IT) 79

Emergence of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) 79

Bibliography 80

4. Components of Effective Livestock Health Infrastructures 83

Introduction 83

Regulatory Organization Authority and Responsibility 85

Establishing a Permanent Presence of Vigilant Livestock Owners and Veterinarians 85

Diagnostic Capacity 89

Diagnostic Laboratories in Exotic-Disease Exclusion 93

Disease-Control and Eradication Systems 93

Monitoring Surveillance and Reporting (MS&R) Systems 95

Credible International Livestock Health Reporting 101

Animal Health Information Systems 106

Animal Identification Systems 107

Biosecurity at National Borders Subnational Boundaries and Individual Properties 109

Emergency Livestock Disease Management 111

Oversight of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products 119

Linking the Private and Public Sectors of Livestock Health Activities 121

Academic and Diagnostic Communities in Livestock Health Infrastructures 128

User Fees and National Livestock Health Programs 128

Skillful Negotiators 129 Animal Science and Veterinary Medical Research Education...