An Introduction to China Animal Health & Epidemiology Center |
China Animal Health & Epidemiology Center (CAHEC), derived from the National Animal Quarantine Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, which was established in 1979, is directly subordinated to Ministry of Agriculture and is the technical supporting institution for Ministry of Agriculture to carry out the whole nation¡¯s animal health professional management.? In 2005, in light of development of agricultural and rural economy in the new era, direction of the future animal husbandry development and the new tasks and new demands in control of the major animal diseases, to secure public health safety, and to promote rapid, sustainable development of livestock industry, Ministry of Agriculture rearranged the institutions and staffing with regard to animal husbandry and veterinary organizations, and renamed the National Animal Quarantine Institute, MOA as China Animal Health & Epidemiology Center, with approval from the Central Staffing Office, according to ¡°the State Council Opinions on Speeding up the Reforming of Veterinary System¡± and the spirit of classified reforming of the? institutions.? The MOA Veterinary Bureau, China Center for Animal Disease Prevention and Control, China Control Institute for Veterinary Drugs and China Animal Health & Epidemiology Center with its four collaboration centers form the important parts in animal disease prevention and control system at state level.
Main responsibilities
China Animal Health & Epidemiology Center is an animal health institute at the state level responsible for epidemiological investigation, diagnosis, and surveillance of major animal diseases, veterinary health evaluation on animal and animal products, research on animal health laws and regulations, and technical measures of prevention and control of major exotic animal diseases. Its main responsibilities are as follows:
1. Animal epidemiological survey, analysis and research and animal disease investigation; responsible for collection, handling and preservation of sera of various animal species to conduct dynamic surveillance and tracing of major animal disease;
2. Diagnosis, surveillance, research on prevention and control measures of major exotic animal diseases;
3. Collection of animal disease information in foreign countries, establishment of national animal health and epidemiology data-base, and early warning and analysis of animal diseases;
4. Animal and animal products veterinary health evaluation, risk assessment of animal disease areas and organization and implementation of animal health accreditation for related enterprises;
5. Coordination of China Animal Health & Epidemiology Center, National Veterinary Reference Laboratories and veterinary laboratories at various levels to conduct epidemiological investigation, analysis and collection of relevant data of epidemiological investigation to present a general report on epidemiology;
6. Research on animal disease diagnostic technology and reagents;?
7. Collection and analysis of international animal health laws and regulations and relevant laws and cases on SPS Agreement, research on animal health laws and regulations and standards,? integrated evaluation on animal health technical trade measures and international veterinary affairs;
8. The regular work of the National Animal Epidemic Prevention Standardization Technology Committee and the National Animal Health Epidemiology Specialists Committee;
9. Any other tasks assigned by Ministry of Agriculture of China |
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