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CENTAUR NETWORK

CENTAUR NETWORK. Sharing information and promoting co-operation among network members and the world April 2003. Karel Hruška Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic. Kris J.Wojciechowski FAO Adviser, Dublin, Ireland.

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CENTAUR NETWORK

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  1. CENTAUR NETWORK Sharing information and promoting co-operation among network members and the world April 2003

  2. Karel Hruška Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic Kris J.Wojciechowski FAO Adviser, Dublin, Ireland

  3. FAO Established Veterinary Biotechnology and Epidemiology Networkfor Central and Eastern Europe (CENTAUR) • workshops for knowledge transfer • distribution of information • improvement of contacts • preparedness for emergency • extension of education • English language proficiency • Internet proficiency

  4. CENTAUR TOOLS • E-mail messages instantly distributed • E-Bulletins distributed to the registered members • CENTAUR web page • CENTAUR e-workshops • Supercourse

  5. To whom CENTAUR network is addressed • veterinary officers • university teachers • research institutes staff members • laboratory diagnosticians • field practitioners (veterinarians and farmers) • advanced students • journalists specialised in agriculture and medicine

  6. Albania Bulgary Bosna and Hercegovina Bosna and Hercogovina - Republika Srbská Czech Republic Croatia Hungary Macedonia Moldavia Poland Romania Slovakia Turkey CENTAUR network countries

  7. Contacts on the CENTAUR membership Initiated in June 2001 • Estonia • Lithuania • Latvia Initial contacts Being established for geographic and epidemiology integrity • Finland • Greece • Slovenia Non-FAO countries (observers) • Belorussia • Russian Federation • Ukraine • Yugoslavia

  8. CENTAUR web page (http://centaur.vri.cz) • News • CENTAUR home page • CENTAUR NEWSLETTER (CNFI) • Written by/for network members • Index of CNFI • CNFI past issues • Who's Who in CENTAUR • Registration • Background • Supercourse Vet

  9. CENTAUR NEWSLETTER FLASH INFORMATION (CNFI) • free subscription for 27 fields of interest • distribution of news as e-mail message • electronic bulletin distributed to all network members

  10. Editorials Letters to the Editor Flash Info available FAO information OIE information IAEA information WHO information Profile of .......... Positions open Recommended web sites Coming events New issues of veterinary journals Book announcements Advance contents of Elsevier journals tips on equipment and methods Sections of CNFI e-Bulletin

  11. Objectives of CNFI • to provide information • to support Internet and World Wide Web use • to support the utilization of national and regional resources • to improve the communication in English • to contribute to the search for partners • to support the exchange of experience • to improve the research in veterinary and biomedical disciplines

  12. Targets • rapid distribution of actual information (BSE/TSE, FMD, CSF, emergency and transboundary diseases,important zoonoes, contamination of feeds and foods, outbreaks of foodborn diseases, etc. • assistence in international collaboration in consumer protection • biotechnology for diagnostics and animal protection • education of veterinarians • efficient Internet utilization • national and international collaboration in research and development • approaching to international scientific parameters in assessment of research projects

  13. Sources of information • Food and Agriculture Organization • European Union • Office International des Epizooties • NATO Scientific Section • European Science Foundation • World Health Organization • ProMedNet • AfroNet • professional journals and databases

  14. CNFI fields of interest (01) Infectious diseases, general (02) Virology, general (03) Bacteriology, general (04) Food-born diseases (05) Zoonoses, general (06) Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (07) Rabies

  15. CNFI fields of interest (08) Mycobacterial diseases (09) Classical swine fever (10) Foot and mouth disease (11) Anthrax (12) Infectious diseases of horses (13) Bovine enzootic leucosis (14) Brucellosis

  16. CNFI fields of interest (15) Leptospirosis (16) Poultry diseases (17) Fish diseases (18) Resistance of microorganisms (19) Food contaminants and toxicology (20) Genetically modified organisms (21) Replacement of animal testing by "in vitro“ tests

  17. CNFI fields of interest (22) Veterinary administration, organization of modern veterinary services (23) Veterinary education (24) Emergency diseases and risk of bioterrorism (25) Veterinary Biotechnology (26) Veterinary Epidemiology (27) Scientific Information

  18. Titles of FAO, EC or OIE documents recently distributed (1) • European Food Authority and Codex Alimentarius • European quality policy for foodstuffs • Risk assessment of Campylobacter spp. in broiler chickens • Vibrio spp. in seafood • E.coli & zoonosis • microorganisms used in feed/food production

  19. Titles of FAO, EC or OIE documents recently distributed (2) • BSE: EC regulations and documents • BSE, potential for emergence in sheep • BSE related issues • TSE infectivity distribution in tissues • Hypothesis on the origin and transmission of BSE • Animal by-products regulations • TSE in small ruminants • Safety assessment of microorganisms used in feed/food production • Exposure of humans to BSE agent

  20. Titles of FAO, EC or OIE documents recently distributed (3) • Vetotoxigenic E.coli in foodstuffs • Possible links between Crohn’s disease and paratuberculosis • Canine vaccines Guidelines

  21. Titles of FAO, EC or OIE documents recently distributed (4) • Illegal use of nitrofurans • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbones • Evaluation of atrazine in the context of EC directive • Food Irradiation

  22. Titles of FAO, EC or OIE documents recently distributed (5) • Bio-Terrorism Guide to Veterinarians • Swine fever, classical - Questions and answers • Terrorist threats to food • Avian influenza: A new facts

  23. Recently recommended web sites and conferences • Office International des Epizooties: field of activities • Electronic conference on veterinary public health and zoonoses control • New website for science, technology, and development • Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics (New journal) • Veterinary Sciences Tomorrow (Internet journal) • Molecular diagnosis of animal diseases (review) • Bioterrorism, paper by V.Kouba • Electronic conference on veterinary public health and zoonoses control • Foot & Mouth Disease - International Conference • Congress of the European Association of Veterinary Anatomists • XVI World Congress of Epidemiology • Veterinary Congress in Banja Luka

  24. CNFI activities in 2002 • 795 informations dispatched to more than 600 subscribers (CENTAUR countries and Australia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Columbia, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Israel, Mauritius, Mexico, Norway, Republic of South Africa, Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Uganda, United Kingdom, U.S.A.) • 15 CD roms with 800 lectures of Supercourse distributed • 65 anouncements to important information, available on Internet • 33 important documents and opinions of the EC Scientific Steering Committee • 27 announcements to conferences and congresses • 9 document published on CENTAUR web page • 5 isues of CNFI distributed and permanently posted on the web page

  25. GOOD RESEARCH PRACTICEInternational internet workshop New activity of CENTAUR network, Veterinary Research Institute (Brno, Czech Republic) and Atlantic Veterinary College (Charlottetown, Canada) • communication: an important way to success • searching in databases • planning and designing of experients • animals in research, testing and education • manuscript preparation • ethics in research • how to organize the scientific meeting

  26. CENTAUR NETWORK CNFI and the CENTAUR network are your tools!

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