secretary’s advisory committee on animal health

Safeguarding Animal Health

Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Animal Health

Jose R. DiezAssociate Deputy AdministratorU.S. Department of Agriculture

Animal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceVeterinary ServicesJanuary 21, 2011

1

Veterinary Services Animal Disease Emergency Management: An Overview


Emergency Management and Diagnostics

• National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL)

• Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB)• National Center for Animal Health Emergency

Management (NCAHEM)

2


National Center for Animal Health Emergency Management (NCAHEM)

• Preparedness and Incident Coordination (PIC)

• Interagency Coordination (IC)

• National Veterinary Stockpile (NVS)

3


Preparedness and Incident Coordination (PIC)

4

•Case Definition Development Process•Overview of Information Management•Overview of the National Veterinary Stockpile•Overview of Modeling and Assessment Tools•Finance•Overview of the National Response Framework and National Incident Management System• Overview of Etiology and Ecology of HPAI•Surveillance

•Health and Safety and PPE•Biosecurity•Cleaning and Disinfection•Communications•FMD Response Plan•HPAI Response Plan•Swine Industry Manual•Dairy Industry Manual

New Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness and Response (FAD PReP) documents in 2010



In 2010 released:

SECURE EGG SUPPLY PLAN

5



6

New in 2010

VS Memo 580.4 Flow Charts

Available on-line athttps://fadprep.lmi.org



7

FAD PReP documents at:

https://fadprep.lmi.org

Go to the site to request a username and a password


PIC- National Animal Health Emergency Response Corps (NAHERC)

8

https://naherc.sws.iastate.edu/


Interagency Coordination (IC)

9

Slide represents all NCAHEM units


Interagency Coordination (IC)Incident Management Levels

L/S Execution & Lead L/S/F Execution L/S/F Execution

Sector Facilitation Sector Technical Lead and Coordination

Sector Technical Authority Lead

DHS Situational Awareness

DHS Facilitation of Interagency Preparations to Support

DHS Coordination Authority

Local/State Incident Food and Agriculture Sector Managed Incident

Incident jointly managed by Federal, State, Local, and Private Sector

11

Incident Manageme

nt

Tier 3 Tier 2 Tier 1

Incident Magnitude

Interagency Coordination

• Sector emergency declaration

• Sector Secretary requests DHS support• Presidential declaration


Interagency Coordination (IC) • QUADS Countries: US, Canada, Australia and

New Zealand. UK and Ireland are involved as members of technical working groups.

• Purpose:• Improved animal disease response arrangements,

integrated training, ongoing stakeholder awareness and enhanced policy development.

• Creating efficiencies by:– Considering common emergency preparedness issues

– Facilitating technical exchange

– Facilitating training opportunities

• Reducing duplication and enhancing collaboration

11


Animal Health

QUADRILATERAL

Animal Welfare WG

Emergency Mgt** WG

Germplasm Standards?WG

Surveillance WG

Compartmentalization Technical Working Group

Epi Team Technical Working Group

EAD Response Training Technical Working Group

DDD TechnicalWorking Group

Aquatic Animal WG

Organization of QUAD Working Groups and Technical Working Groups

** EMWG WG Projects• IAHER;• FMD Comparison (2009-10);• Course framework on use of

Modelling in decision-making• International Network of Vaccine

Banks for FMD Vaccine • Project Management for Technical

Working groups [sub-groups]


Interagency Coordination (IC)

• Disease Spread Modeling and Partnerships• Capitalize on national and international expertise

• Coordinate epidemiologic and economic modeling efforts

• Partners include veterinary epidemiologists, livestock health experts, computer programmers, agricultural economists, disease modelers, and other specialists involved in development and application of epidemiological and economic models

13


Interagency Coordination (IC) • Test Exercises: FMD Exercise Series

• USDA / FBI Table Top Exercise June 22, 2010

The exercise focused on bidirectional communication

between the USDA and the FBI during animal and plant

disease scenarios

• USDA / FEMA Workshop and Table Top Exercise January 2011

Purpose of these exercises is to develop and exercise the

process required for Federal–to-Federal support during a

catastrophic animal or plant disease outbreak

• FMD Functional Exercise Summer 2011

Purpose will be to test Federal inter-departmental response and

State / Regional response to an FMD outbreak.

14


Interagency Coordination (IC) 3-D Tools

• Depopulation• Disposal • Disinfection • APHIS Emergency Management Website

• http://www.aphis.usda.gov/emergency_response/tools/aphis_role_emergency_tools_disposal_training.shtml

15


Interagency Coordination (IC)Depopulation Research

•Firearms for cattle•CO2 for swine•Foam for poultry •Captive bolt for cattle

16


Interagency Coordination (IC)Disposal Research

• Pathogen fate, transport and persistence throughout disposal/treatment process (composting);

• Pathogen exposure risk during disposal/treatment (rendering);

• Disposal risk mitigation (rendering);• Logistical infrastructure/standards for allowing movement

from control zone; • Decision support tools (cost/benefit/risk analyses); • New technologies (gasifier)

17


Interagency Coordination (IC) Decontamination Research

• Generic disinfectant efficacy study at Plum Island (EPA);• Effectiveness of various cleaning technologies (EPA); • Return-to-normal operations SOPs (EPA/rendering Industry); • Cold weather decon SOPs (Canada)

18

Safeguarding Animal Health 19

National Veterinary Stockpile (NVS)

-Supplies, PPE, anti-virals, vaccines

onsite in 24 hours -Commercial service contracts for people and equipment for depopulation, decontaminationand disposal



20

Contracts with commercial firms for 3D Operations

-Depopulation-Disposal of Carcasses-Disinfection



21

•Iowa sample to FADDL Plum Island 3.5 hours

•Alabama sample to NVSL Ames, Iowa, 5 hours

Contracts-Emergency Transport



• Annual

• In 2009, exercised with the Multi-State Partnership for Security in Agriculture (MSPSA) states (NE, IL, KY)

• In 2010 exercised with Southern Agriculture & Animal Disaster Response Alliance (SAADRA) states (MS, AL, and LA.

• IN 2011 planning full scale exercise with the Navajo Nation.

22

The NVS exercise program is designed to enhance the preparedness of Federal, State, Tribe, and Territories to logistically respond to damaging

animal disease outbreaks.

SAADRA NVS Planning WorkshopNovember 2009


Questions?

23

secretary’s advisory committee on animal health

Documents