Abstract
Brazil is the world's greatest beef exporter and Mato Grosso do Sul state is one of the most relevant states of Brazil with utmost importance for animal production. To ensure the health of the animal herd, the Livestock Defense services of all federative units perform securities activities, although not as effective as they should be, following the procedures of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA). This study aims to present a brand new health surveillance system established in Mato Grosso do Sul state where each city was mapped in blocks and ranked by hazard levels. An activity planning is carried out in which all city blocks receive livestock defense surveillance. The actions are tracked and registered through GPS devices and the data are assessed by satellites images analyzer software. Therefore, the actions are auditable and the results monthly analyzed for future actions planning. As a result, the surveillance actions ceased to be performed on demand and started to cover not only the areas next to the local office but the entire city areas as well; the registration's and sanitary program's data were updated and activities had become clear and auditable, allowing all actions of the Health Defense services to be controlled and monitored. It is known that, once these actions are implemented in other federative units it may lead to a differential advantage to Brazilian Health Defense Services.
Highlights
Brazil is one of the largest producers and exporters of meat in the world
In agreement with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the Brazilian veterinary service, responsible for animal health policy, is composed of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) and the agricultural secretariats in the federative units, sharing with the private sector the responsibilities to apply the measures aimed at improving animal health (Brasil, 2019a)
The objective of this work was to report the initial results of a new animal health surveillance system, which is based on capillarity increase, and suggest improvements and modifications in the planning and execution of surveillance actions in the field
Summary
Brazil is one of the largest producers and exporters of meat in the world. According to the Brazilian Association of Meat Exporting Industries (ABIEC), the volume of beef exported by Brazil throughout 2018 set a new record, registering an 11% growth compared to 2017 (Associação das Indústrias Exportadoras de Carne, 2019a).The state of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) has a large share in food production of animal origin, representing the 4th largest cattle herd in Brazil with about 21.8 million heads and is responsible for the slaughter of 4.33% and 3.23% of pigs and poultry, respectively (Associação das Indústrias Exportadoras de Carne, 2019b).To ensure animal health and food production, a well-structured, efficient, and able veterinary service is required for the detection and early adoption of disease control and eradication measures. In agreement with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the Brazilian veterinary service, responsible for animal health policy, is composed of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) and the agricultural secretariats in the federative units, sharing with the private sector the responsibilities to apply the measures aimed at improving animal health (Brasil, 2019a). It is the responsibility of each state’s Agricultural Defense Service to plan and execute activities to prevent and control agricultural diseases and pests (Brasil, 2006). The type of surveillance conducted depends on the results required for decision making (Organização Mundial de Saúde Animal, 2019)
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