A contiguous segment of the genome made by joining overlapping clones or sequences. A clone contig consists of a group of cloned (copied) pieces of DNA representing overlapping...

Indicates the changes that have been made based on the results of the surveillance providing a measure of the usefulness of the surveillance system in relation to its aims. This...

Control programme—programme applying measures designed to reduce the frequency of existing infection or contamination to levels biologically and/or economically justifiable or...

A neighbor joining method in which the distance between two clusters is the shortest distance between two entries in the clusters, i.e. the single shortest link.

the development of a bacterial infection on an individual, as demonstrated by a positive culture. The infected person may have no signs or symptoms of infection while still...

wild animals that range freely for food, rather than being restricted for movement

Investigator-initiated collection of animal health related data using a defined protocol to perform actions that are scheduled in advance. Decisions about whether information is...

Data Management Plans (DMPs) are a key element of good data management. A DMP describes the data management life cycle for the data to be collected, processed and/or generated...

is a quantity of fish caught or game killed, normally given as number of animals. Laws can restrict the number of animals killed through bag limits. The term is also often used...

Describes how surveillance information is used by policy makers to inform decisions about how best to support policy objectives such as maintaining a healthy and sustainable...

Creating af representative of the original DNA sample, from the reads.

The ORION OHS Knowledge Hub is a web-based technical infrastructure that facilitates networking of scientists within and across domains (animal health, food safety, and public...

All that which is external to the individual, including physical, biological, social, cultural and other factors.

The entire set of subjects (humans, animals, items, batches) to which the findings of a study are to be extrapolated or from which information is required.

The aspect of epidemiology concerned with organizing and summarizing data regarding the persons affected (e.g., the characteristics of those who became ill), time (e.g., when...

Means that multiple disciplines are working together (i.e. in a single ministry or research institute employing physicians, nurses, veterinarians, epidemiologists, laboratory...

This is a simple text format for DNA and protein sequence files developed by William Pearson in conjunction with his FASTA alignment software. The file has a single header line...

Number of target organisms present in a defined volume/weight/area of a sample

The assessment of a surveillance system/component is the collection and analysis of data on the relevant surveillance attributes and/or criteria. It is a technical step within...