Bovine Syndromic Surveillance System Review Workshop

Summary

The Remote Area Surveillance Workshop held at the Bardon Centre in Queensland 5-6 June 2007 brought together a wide range of delegates with an interest in remote area surveillance, including people representing state and territory governments, federal government, the livestock industry, livestock producers, agriculture consultants, universities, SMEs in livestock health & epidemiology, and the AB-CRC.
The delegates cross-sector experience brought enhanced understanding of the extensive beef cattle industry to this workshop. The workshop was supported by MLA, AHA and the AB-CRC and provided a unique opportunity to consider stakeholder views on remote area surveillance and the potential role of the Bovine Syndromic Surveillance System (BOSSS) at both the producer and state government level.
Presentations were made on remote area and national surveillance systems, research achievements and the implementation challenges of BOSSS (which was developed as a PhD project funded by MLA, AHA and the AB-CRC), and these were further considered by group activity sessions.