This manual provides, in the first part, an introduction to the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in veterinary epidemiology. The second part describes how a GIS can be used to develop a surveillance strategy for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). The approach allows users to identify locations ‘at risk’ for avian influenza incursion and spread. Informed by appropiate data, this methodological approaches described in this manual provide Official Veterinary Services with a useful set of tools to support the development of surveillance strategies based on risk.

Table of contents





Foreword

History

Geographic information systems

Definition
The elements of geographic data
Spatial resolution
Data formats
Georeferencing

The proposed system

Introduction
Epidemiological surveillance
Epidemiological surveillance for avian influenza
Surveillance based on risk assessment
Geographic information system for the identification of areas at risk
for the introduction and spread of HPAI virus

Reference

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