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Concerted action for the setting up of an european veterinary network on diagnosis ; epidemiology and research of mycobacterial diseases

Objective

Mycohacterial disesases, mainly tuberculosis and paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) are not only a threat to Public Health, but also the cause of of massive financial losses due to condemnations and drop of the productions. Today, tuberculosis and Johne's disease can be a barrier to trade. The present concerted action is based on the will of the partners to share their technology and expertise in order to obtain a common knowledge on mycobacterial diseases that would help to eradicate tuberculosis and paratuberculosis from the countries of the European Union.

Our objetives are:
1. To coordinate the information about the problems encountered in the course of the ongoing eradication programs.
2. Clarify existing or potential reservoirs of mycobacterial diseases among farm and wild animals, and how infection spread between them.
3. Eradication of the diseases in existing reservoirs, as they represent a potential menace for Public Health.
4. To exchange between partner practical knowledge of tuberculosis and paratuberculosis outbreaks, and how is depending on farming and trade practices.
5. To perform epidemiological investigations and tracing of such outbreaks across no longer exinting borders.
6. Clarify quality of available data, and develop standardised collection of epidemiological data in cooperation with the Zoonosis Centers.
7. Set up a databank on strain typing that will be mantained in each laboratory and that will he available for all scientific community.
8. Collection of a representative number of data and strains that will he accesible to others partners for future cooperation research. The exchanges will follow strict guidelines.
9. Exchange of expertise and scientific information, to avoid duplication of reseach and the unuseful competition between groups or programmes.
10.To define real needs for future reseach and to coordinate new projects: immunology and development of vaccines, new tests for diagnosis, drug-susceptibility testing etc...

The cooperation between partners will be organized through a 36-months formal network, which will remain open to new participants. General meetings will he organized for a complete coordination, and workshops will be dedicated to the standardisation and spread of techniques. The objetives will be achieved with the creation of a bank of samples, and the exchange of techniques, reagents and expertise.

The main tasks to be discussed will be:
(1) diagnosis of tuberculosis and paratuberculosis based on the immunological status,
(2) laboratory diagnosis of mycobacterial infections,
(3) molecular typing of Mycobacterium isolates,
(4) reservorns,
(5~) Puhlic Health implications of mycobacterial infections and
(6) new trends in mycobacterial research.

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UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID - FACULTAD DE VETERINARIA
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Av. Puerta De Hierro S/n
28040 MADRID
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