USDA-APHIS Foreign Animal Disease response protocol

Knowledge graph centered on USDA-APHIS Foreign Animal Disease response protocol with 21 nodes and 51 connections. Top connected: Review of Vesicular Stomatitis in the United State, Simuliidae, Equus caballus, Simulium, Simulidae.

Method synopsis

Standardized federal response protocol for investigating suspected vesicular stomatitis cases involving veterinary reporting, field investigation by trained diagnosticians, laboratory confirmation, and quarantine implementation.

Synthesized from method descriptions across 1 paper using this protocol.

Procedure from a recent peer-reviewed implementation

Steps below were extracted from the most recent peer-reviewed implementation of this protocol in the corpus — Review of Vesicular Stomatitis in the United States with Focus on 2019 and 2020 Outbreaks (2021), Pathogens. Implementations in other papers (listed below) may differ.

1. Report suspected VS cases
   USDA-accredited private veterinarians immediately report suspected vesicular lesion occurrence in all livestock species to state and federal animal health officials
   Quantities: All livestock species on all premisesDuration: Immediate upon detectionConditions: Any suspected vesicular lesions
   Equipment: diagnostic reporting system
2. Deploy Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostician
   A locally trained Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostician (FADD) deploys to affected livestock premises, examines animals, collects appropriate diagnostic samples, and places quarantine on premises
   Quantities: One FADD per premises investigationDuration: Single visit per initial investigationConditions: Following suspected case report
   Equipment: diagnostic sampling materials
3. Ship diagnostic samples
   Diagnostic samples shipped overnight to USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa or Plum Island, New York depending on species affected
   Quantities: Samples from vesicular lesioned equids go to NVSL Ames, samples from lesioned ruminants and swine go to NVSL Plum IslandDuration: Overnight shipping

Typical Equipment

• diagnostic reporting system
• diagnostic sampling materials
• overnight shipping materials
• rRT-PCR equipment
• virus isolation materials
• ELISA plates
• complement fixation test materials
• virus neutralization assays
• quarantine documentation

Output Measurements

• case confirmation status
• premises counts
• quarantine duration
• geographic distribution

Papers Using This Protocol (1)

Species Studied With This Protocol

Places Where Used