Horse chat by Dr Roger Paskin of Biosecurity SA

Here I am

R PaskinChief Veterinary Officer, PIRSASA Horse Industry Leaders 23/08/2016

BackgroundBorn at a very early age in Durban, South Africa

•BVSc 1980 (Pretoria)•MSc 1995 (London)

Private Practice (RSA)State Practice (Namibia)Principal Epidemiologist (Namibia)FAO (International)National traceability system (Namibia)International standard setting (OIE)Principal Epidemiologist (Victoria)Chief Veterinary Officer (Victoria & South Australia)

What I’ve done

• Small and large animal clinical and surgical• Involvement in disease investigations, practical

surveillance, control measures, large-scale vaccinations

• Design of surveillance and response systems• Response and control for FMD, RVF, ASF,

Bluetongue, EI, AI, Anthrax in numerous countries• Design of legal, policy and strategy frameworks for

animal health at national international level• Member of national Animal Health Executive

Chair of Animal Health Committee next year

Current developmentsRoll-out of One Biosecurity program

•Biosecurity assurance program – on-farm health– Scoring system for disease and biosecurity risk online– “Declare before you sell” (replaces cumbersome paper system)

•Project planning•Web portal design and implementation•Comms•Auditing•Cattle/sheep/goats initially

PICs are important Knowing which species of animals are where is crucial:•In bushfires we can rapidly trace ‘at risk’ owners and text/call them•In disease outbreaks we know how much vaccine to purchase and where to apply it; we know where to do surveillance