Diagnostics (tools and technologies)
Diagnostics are crucial for the early detection and management of animal diseases, guiding effective interventions to protect animal health.
STAR IDAZ Approach
Diagnostics play a vital role in the early detection, monitoring, and management of animal diseases, enabling timely and effective interventions to safeguard animal health. In the context of STAR IDAZ, diagnostics are recognised as a priority area due to their critical importance in disease control and prevention.
Information
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WOAH - Diagnostics
WOAH provides a comprehensive manual on diagnostic tests for various animal diseases, including protocols, methodologies, and applications in disease control. The manual includes detailed factsheets on different diagnostic tools and their use in veterinary medicine.
Working group
No Working Group
STAR IDAZ does not currently have an active Diagnostics Working Group. However, activities are ongoing to develop a Terms of Reference for the working group in line with a previous survey launched in 2023 to map ‘Detection and Diagnostic Technology Developments’.
Moreover, diagnostics are a central focus in its research planning: one of the four generic research roadmaps is dedicated to diagnostic test development, and diagnostics are integrated into several disease-specific roadmaps, including those for African swine fever, foot-and-mouth disease, helminths, and brucellosis. The experts involved in these disease-specific diagnostics contribute on an ad hoc basis to the diagnostics activities within STAR IDAZ IRC.
Key People
No Active Working Group,
N/A Global
Reports
Reports and outcomes from meetings and workshops
Research roadmaps and gap analyses
Gap analysis summary
Diagnostics are a critical priority for STAR IDAZ IRC, as they play an essential role in the early detection, monitoring, and control of various animal diseases. Accurate diagnostics are integrated into the strategies for several of our priority diseases, ensuring that we can respond swiftly and effectively on diagnostics, and there are no immediate plans to develop a specific roadmap for this area. Our approach emphasizes the use of diagnostic tools within the broader context of disease management, aligning with our overarching goals to improve animal health worldwide.
Projects
Displaying 4 of 23 projects
VIEW ALL PROJECTSVaccines, diagnosis and epidemiology for control and prevention of African swine fever (SE1520)
Planned Completion date 31/12/2028
UK
BIO-Direct: Biomarkers and Bioassays for Veterinary Research and Diagnostics
Planned Completion date 31/12/2023
United Kingdom
A Multi-Laboratory Comparison of Methods for Detection and Quantification of African Swine Fever Virus
Planned Completion date 07/03/2022
Netherlands
Improved control of priority animal diseases: Novel vaccines and companion diagnostic tests for African horse sickness, peste des petits ruminants and foot-and-mouth disease
Planned Completion date 31/12/2025
Europe
Recent publications
Reports and outcomes from meetings and workshops
Biosensor Technology: Advances and Applications in Livestock Infectious Disease Diagnosis
Economic and Environmental Benefits of Digital Agricultural Technological Solutions in Livestock Farming: A Review
Swine zoonotic viruses: transmission and novel diagnostic technology
Immunoinformatics: A Veritable Toolbox for Livestock Omics and Veterinomics