Applying the FAO surveillance evaluation tool (SET) to assess the fish farming disease surveillance system in Spain.

ABSTRACT: EU Member States should ensure that they implement adequate health surveillance schemes in all aquaculture farming areas, as appropriate for the type of production. This study presents the results of applying the FAO's Surveillance Evaluation Tool (SET) to assess the Spanish disease surveillance system for farmed fish species, which although applied previously in livestock production, is applied here to aquaculture for the first time. Overall, there were important score differences between trout and marine fish (seabass and seabream) surveillance, which were higher for trout in the following areas: Institutional (70.8% versus 50.0%), Laboratory (91.7% versus 47.2%), and Surveillance activities (75.3% versus 61.3%). For other categories, the values were lower and no significant differences

SUBMITTER: Muniesa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11290467 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature