horse industry groups (i.e. through their representation on the Horse Biosecurity Market Access Working Group), for dissemination to members. Biosecurity is not an accredited training provider, and cannot therefore provide formal training to veterinarians or horse owners in the use of PPE for example. Biosecurity , through the workshops and industry information, has actively encouraged stakeholders to obtain such training through accredited providers. 16 It is recommended that consideration be given to Accepted FINALISED identification of knowledge gaps and research needs and Two research forums have been convened by funding opportunities for future research to address those Biosecurity and brought together experts to identify gaps. This may involve discussions between information gaps and priority research needs in representatives from relevant industry bodies in a manner addressing future Hendra virus disease incidents. similar to the 2007 henipavirus forum. Biosecurity / AB-CRC Research forum held on 12 February 2009 - considered the vaccination and test options for ‘horse side’ the future. Biosecurity / horse spill over workshop held on 27 April 2009 the –explored behavioural aspects that may influence the spill over of Hendra virus from bats to horses. Several smaller projects identified at the forums have progressed, including development of a project to Hendra virus progress ‘Real-time’ research associated with for future spillover events” events and a retrospective review of all events to date to further examine epidemiological features that may be common. The development of a of test for Hendra ‘point care’ virus is under active consideration through the Australian Animal Health laboratory (AAHL). Please note: much of the work undertaken on Hendra virus to date has been through the Animal Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre, of which
horse industry groups (i.e. through their representation on the Horse Biosecurity Market Access Working Group), for dissemination to members. Biosecurity is not an accredited training provider, and cannot therefore provide formal training to veterinarians or horse owners in the use of PPE for example. Biosecurity , through the workshops and industry information, has actively encouraged stakeholders to obtain such training through accredited providers. 16 It is recommended that consideration be given to identification of knowledge gaps and research needs and funding opportunities for future research to address those gaps. This may involve discussions between representatives from relevant industry bodies in a manner similar to the 2007 henipavirus forum. Accepted FINALISED Two research forums have been convened by Biosecurity and brought together experts to identify information gaps and priority research needs in addressing future Hendra virus disease incidents. Biosecurity / AB-CRC Research forum held on 12 February 2009 - considered the vaccination and ‘horse side’ test options for the future. Biosecurity / horse spill over workshop held on 27 April 2009 –explored the behavioural aspects that may influence the spill over of Hendra virus from bats to horses. Several smaller projects identified at the forums have progressed, including development of a project to progress ‘Real-time’ Hendra virus research associated with spillover events” for future events and a retrospective review of all events to date to further examine epidemiological features that may be common. The development of a ‘point of care’ test for Hendra virus is under active consideration through the Australian Animal Health laboratory (AAHL). Please note: much of the work undertaken on Hendra virus to date has been through the Animal Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre, of which
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