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Animal Health Trust http://www.aht.org.uk/
The Animal Health Trust is a charitable institution dedicated to applying the latest clinical research techniques to reduce the suffering caused by disease and sickness in companion animals.Argentina Equine Veterinary Association http://www.aave.org.uk
Somos una Asociación profesional creada en 1981 con la finalidad de promover y desarrollar la Veterinaria y ciencias afines a la salud del caballo. En este sentido nos auto convocamos hace ya 20 años, sin preconceptos ni egoísmos, canalizando una enorme voluntad de participación para enseñar y aprender la práctica en el manejo de la salud del caballo. Creímos entonces que esta era la herramienta natural con que contábamos para trabajar y así lo hicimos, comenzando a construir una fructífera historia llena de los mejores propósitos. Hoy seguimos profundizando y desarrollando nuestra idea a través de varios proyectos en marcha, propuestas y planes de acción.DEFRA, UK; Horse gateway http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/horses/default.htm
The UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has established a gateway to equine issues in government. ‘Defra works for the good of horses; for people who ride, own, or work with horses; and for the sustainable benefits which horses bring to economies and communities.' The aim is to supply up-to-date and comprehensive pages that will provide easy access to information on Government equine policy and the Horse Industry.Defra/AHT/BEVA Equine Quarterly Disease Surveillance Report http://www.aht.org.uk/equine_disease.html
This report collates equine disease data arising from multiple diagnostic laboratories and veterinary practices throughout the United Kingdom giving a unique insight into equine disease occurrence on a national scale.European pharmacopoeia http://www.pheur.org
The purpose of the European Pharmacopoeia is to promote public health by the provisions of recognised common standards for use by healthcare professionals and others concerned with the quality of medicines (including veterinary medicines). Such standards are to be of appropriate quality as a basis for the safe use of medicines by patients and consumers. Their existence:- facilitates the free movement of medicinal products in Europe;
- ensures the quality of medicinal products used in and exported from Europe.
European Pharmacopoeia monographs and other texts are designated to be appropriate to the needs of regulatory authorities, those engaged in the control of quality, and manufacturers of starting material and medicinal products. The proceedings of a meeting on the ‘Quality Control of Equine Influenza Vaccines' held in Budapest, 10-11 December 2001 can be downloaded from the website at http://www.pheur.org/site/page_dynamique.php3?lien=R&lien_page=11&id=21 .
European Scientific Working Group on Influenza http://www.eswi.org/
The European Scientific Working Group on Influenza (EWSI) was formally founded in October 1993. The initiative to establish ESWI was taken to meet a perceived need for an independent group focusing on scientific issues relating to (human) influenza, its epidemiology and prevention in Europe. The aim of the website is to offer updated and quality assured information on influenza virus, the disease, diagnosis, epidemiology, prevention and control. You will also find information on ESWI's various ongoing projects, upcoming scientific meetings and get access to current and back issues of their twice-yearly bulletin ‘Influenza'.FEI = Federation Equestre Internationale http://62.2.231.126/
International Federation for Equestrian Sport. The International governing body for all Plympic equestrian disciplines.FIC = Flu in China; Flu information centre http://www.flu.org.cn
FIC's mission: To prevent illness, death, social and economic damage from influenza through epidemiological research, professional education and the rapid translation of scientific information into real-world practical applications and solutions; To make current information widely available to educate and inform virology researchers, public health professionals, policymakers, and people across the country and around the world; To establish a timely and cost-effective intercommunication platform for the local and global professional.FluNet http://www.who.int/flunet
Global influenza surveillance network for human influenza.Havemeyer Foundation http://havemeyerfoundation.org/
Founded in 1979, the Dorothy Russell Havemeyer Foundation, Inc., conducts scientific research to improve the general health and welfare of horses. The Foundation supports workshops which included the 4 th International meeting of OIE and WHO Experts on Control of Equine Influenza, Surveillance and vaccine efficacy: The American Perspective. The proceedings of this meeting (Havemeyer Monograph Series 7) are available on the website.Influenza sequence database http://www.flu.lanl.gov/
The Influenza Sequence Database is a curated database of nucleotide and amino acid sequences located at Los Alamos National Laboratory. It provides easy sequence deposit and retrieval capabilities, together with tools tailored, in particular, to the analysis of haemagglutinin and neuraminidase sequences.International Collating Centre (ICC) http://www.aht.org.uk/icc/linksicc/html
The International Collating Centre (ICC) was established in 1987. Participating countries nominate a veterinarian who is responsible for reporting episodes of infectious disease from their country on a quarterly basis. In turn the ICC provides quarterly disease reports and supplementary reports as necessary to subscribers worldwide. The data collated by the ICC are limited to participating countries and comes from only one contact within countries and may therefore be fairly regional and incomplete. However, the data are the only sort of its kind for non-notifiable diseases such as equine influenza and do provide a unique global perspective.International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS) http://www.ivis.org/
International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS) is a not-for-profit organization established to provide information to veterinarians, veterinary students and animal health professionals world wide. The IVIS website provides free access to original, up-to-date publications organised in electronic books each edited by highly qualified editors, proceedings of veterinary meetings, short courses, continuing education (lecture notes, manuals, autotutorials and interactive websites), an international calendar of veterinary events, image collections and much more with the help of private and corporate sponsors.National Institute for Biological Standards and Control http://www.nibsc.ac.uk/
NIBSC is a multi-disciplinary scientific establishment whose purpose is to safeguard and enhance public health by standardising and controlling biological substances used in medicine. NIBSC has a leading international role in preparing, evaluating and distributing International Biological Standards and other biological reference materials.National Institute for Medical Research http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/
Located in London and founded in 1913, the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) is home to The World Influenza Centre, which is recognised as a WHO Collaborating Centre for reference on influenza. The website contains the excellent NIMR Influenza Bibliography, which is updated every one/two months ( http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/library/flu/ ).Office International des Epizooties (OIE) http://www.oie.int/
Created in 1924, the OIE consists of 151 member countries with the stated aims of providing information on animal health world-wide, co-ordinating international research on important animal diseases and their control, as well as harmonising trade regulations for animals and animal products. About 25% of diseases reportable to OIE are zoonoses. OIE publishes the International Animal Health Code, which harmonises import/export requirements for animals and their products as well as prevention measures for reportable diseases.World Health Organisation http://www.who.int/
The World Health Organisation website includes a useful manual on Animal Influenza Diagnosis ( http://www.who.int/emc-documents/influenza/docs/animalinfluenza/HTML/index.htm ), which has arisen from the Global Influenza Programme. One of the goals of this programme is to establish a WHO Animal Influenza Network [AIN] as an integral component of the WHO Influenza Surveillance Programme, focusing on aspects of ecology and molecular biology of animal influenza viruses in the context of human health.