2012

National Animal Disease Reporting System User Manual - Block Level Users
Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries
Ministry of Agriculture Government of India

National Animal Disease Reporting System

User Manual Block Level Users

Animal Production and Health Informatics Division National Informatics Centre Department of Information Technology Ministry of Communications & Information Technology Government of India

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National Animal Disease Reporting System

Animal Production and Health Informatics Division National Informatics Centre Department of Information Technology Ministry of Communications & Information Technology Government of India

1 Overview
1.1 Background
The National Animal Disease Reporting System, in short NADRS, is a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme proposed for implementation during last three years of the 11th Five Year Plan with cent percent Central assistance. India has a large animal population comprising, as per Livestock Census (2003), 485 million of livestock and a one-time count of 489 million poultry. Livestock also plays an important role in Indias economy, contributing (along with fisheries) 5.21% to the countrys GDP and 31.6% to the agriculture GDP in 200708. The livestock sector has immense potential. It has emerged as the key driver of agricultural growth in the country. The biggest impediment to growth of this sector, however, is the large-scale prevalence of diseases such as Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (HS), Black Quarter (BQ) in cattle, Enterotoxaemia, Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) & Sheep-Goat Pox in sheep and goats and Swine Fever in pigs, which drastically affect the productivity of animals. The presence of animal diseases also deters domestic and foreign investment in the livestock sector. These diseases not only wreck havoc on the existing stock but also constrain market access to our livestock sector, in spite of the fact that we have ample scope to participate in the global trade. The economic impact of the diseases in livestock results from both morbidity and mortality and the consequent production losses. This includes the direct losses due to mortality, reduced production in terms of milk, meat, wool, hide and skins, as well as indirect loss due to abortions, subsequent infertility, sterility, and deterioration of semen quality. Controlling animal diseases is of upmost important for to prevent these losses and livestock industry to progress for the benefit of the livestock farmers. At present, an animal disease is primarily recorded by the veterinary doctor working in a Government hospital / dispensary on the basis of clinical diagnosis. This information is passed on to the Taluka / Block level and then to the District and the State veterinary authorities. Disease information is also generated from the disease diagnostic laboratories at the District, State or regional level on the basis of laboratory diagnosis. Finally, information from State level is transmitted to the Central Government, i.e., the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries (DADF) in New Delhi. The DADF notifies the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) and other international organizations, as appropriate. The present system of animal disease reporting is not satisfactory for the following reasons: The disease reporting is neither timely nor complete. As a result of reliance on postal means of communication, the reports and returns take considerable time and some are also lost in transit. Hence, the compiled information does not represent true picture of the disease situation at any given point of time. The veterinary services available in the country are grossly inadequate. As a result, a large portion of the livestock owners do not have access to the Government veterinary services. These people rely on either the traditional systems of veterinary medicine or the private veterinary services. These incidences of animal diseases remain out of the reporting system. Their number is believed to be significant.

In the prevailing situation, many times animal diseases assume serious proportion before control and containment steps can be initiated, thereby causing avoidable social and economic costs on the livestock owners and the countrys economy. In order to bring about desired change to the existing situation, a computerized system of animal disease reporting is being introduced, linking each Taluka / Block, District and State Headquarters to a Central Disease Reporting and Monitoring Unit at the DADF in New Delhi. The diagrams given below depict the NADRS contemplated diagrammatically, along with various agencies who would be expected to contribute data to the system and its transmission to the Central Monitoring Unit in the DADF at New Delhi. The reporting system envisaged will enable the Block, District and State animal health officials to report the disease information and render reports and returns prescribed in this regard via internet. The system will be so designed as to assure secure data transfer and confidentiality of information. At the apex level, NADRS will compile and generate animal disease information for the country as a whole. The users will have access to the information as per permissions in consonance with their role and responsibilities envisaged under the system. This computerized system, proposed to be called National Animal Disease Reporting System (in short NADRS), will enable fuller and timely reporting of the animal disease situation in the country, enabling its effective management.

Central Monitoring Unit (CMU)

Regional / National Laboratory State Monitoring Unit at AH Directorate State Laboratory / Veterinary College

District Unit District Laboratory

Block Veterinary Hospital

Veterinary Dispensary/Hospital

NGOs

Stockman/sub-centers

Local bodies
Farmers/ Livestock Owner Private Veterinary Practitioners

As a result of the information that would emerge from the NADRS, it would be possible to develop disease forecasting models, leading to development of disease prevention strategies. As the proposed scheme aims at effective monitoring the occurrence of livestock diseases with a view to enabling their early control, it will result in improving the livestock health in the country. By the very nature of the benefits that would accrue, these cannot be quantified in concrete terms. There is, however, no doubt that implementation of the scheme will yield immediate benefits to the livestock owners and to the economy by way of better health status of animals, prevention of losses due to their morbidity and mortality and improvement in the quality of their products. The benefits likely to accrue to livestock owners and to the economy may be summarized below:-

Benefits to livestock owners Better management of diseases of their livestock Availability of veterinary service Increased economic gain from higher productivity of animals Improved market acceptability of their livestock products

Benefits to animal husbandry administration Availability of a common channel for dissemination of animal disease information to all stakeholders Availability of SMS-based instant alert system for outbreak of diseases, spread of diseases, remedial measures and expert advice, enabling prompt control of diseases Availability of enhanced decision support system with GIS integration for effective and timely decision making

Benefits to economy Increased livestock production and productivity Improved market acceptability of domestic livestock products in international trade Saving of costs otherwise incurred for treatment of animals Fillip to the growth of the livestock sector, leading to increased employment generation and higher availability of animal protein to the population

In the beginning the users may find the data entry forms exhaustive, but this is because these are designed to capture all details about the disease reporting. If filled properly, in long run these will be beneficial in the future activities like generating detail reports without going through the manual exercise of referring different registers maintained for it. It would create a very good data bank about animal diseases which can be further used for analytical purposes.

Consolidated Recommendations:

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A proper system to lodge complaint about the Hardware breakdown and its escalation mechanism to ensure fixing the problem at the earliest. The network connection is a prime requirement for smooth working of the node. Hence participants wants 24/7 availability. M/s BSNL needs to ensure stability of VPNoBB connectivity. Alternate technology wherever regular mode not available. Even participants want a standby network connection. The field level systems are to be made fully ready (full installation, full SW loaded, net connection) before imparting training to the field level officers. Integration of Veterinary Colleges, Veterinary University Laboratories, KVKs, etc with NADRS system

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Inclusion of Non-infectious diseases in NADRS system, which also cause economic loss to farmers. Dr Th. Devendrakumar Singh, Jt Director, Ukhrul mentioned the need of infrastructure like Computer table, chair and Steel Almirah at all NADRS sites. Networking of 4100 Veterinary institutions to strengthen NADRS (Karnataka) 1300 veterinary dispensaries in the state to brought under the NADRS project (Punjab) Time to time updating of antivirus software and MS Office. Need to bring into additional parameters which in the purview of NADRS. (As suggested by JD, RDDL Jalandhar) Synergy among various stakeholders To integrate the various components of Animal Disease Control Programme (ADCP) like Mass vaccination, Outbreak Management, Animal movement, epidemiological studies, Sero-monitoring and also PMU and SADEC with the NADRS System. Integration of Veterinary Colleges, Veterinary University Laboratories, KVKs, etc with NADRS system Regarding Scheme monitoring system, using the software, it should be able to monitor schemes right from the institution rather than block level/district level/state NADRS Portal has to be strengthen with contents e.g. disease information, medication, advisories and recommendations etc. To include the list of Non-infectious disease in the Disease incidence reporting Application. The submission of UCs by System with Digital Signature authentication. Inclusion of Veterinary officials of Army for receiving training on NADRS applications Veterinarians can give only tentative diagnosis of animal diseases. Confirmative diagnosis can be provided on the basis of testing of samples at national institutes like IVRI or state veterinary/agriculture universities. Therefore, opinion of agriculture / veterinary universities should be taken into the NADRS application. In view of large quantum of data requirements of NADRS application & for its effective implementation, field level officers at NADRS nodes may be provided with a manpower resource to assist them in the desired data collection and data entry. General veterinarians may find difficulty in adopting NADRS application into their day-to-day functioning due to their other operational obligations and engagements as they are required to make frequent field visits to provide animal health care and to implement state/central government programmes for rural population. NADRS application should include the National breeding perspective for AI programmes. State level and district level committee needs to be constituted for effective monitoring of implementation of NADRS application. Better communication and interaction between farmers and vet. doctors Strengthening existing QCP for better monitoring of movement of animals across the boarder. (Nagaland) Power backup equipment such as generator due to long power breakdowns (Nagaland) Creating awareness about the NADRS, animal diseases, its publication in print media, local dailies, TV, poster display during kissan melas, social network sites facebook etc Collaboration with other related institutes such as ICAR, SASARD,NEPED, KVK, NGOs, ATMA, SHG etc..

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Dr.Th.Ranadhir Singh, Assistant Professor,CAU, Eroisemba, Manipur shared his views in the workshop and he felt that this Animal Disease Reporting System will help all sectors if the system is available at Public Domain. He felt that it will be very easy for animal disease reporting by veterinarians and thereby all stakeholders and livestock farmers can be benefited. There should be Special workshop for the livestock farmers at the district levels, as farmer participation is the main objective in the programme for proper animal disease reporting and appraise the Government of India for immediate remedial action. To appraise the Government of India for providing special fund for maintenance of all assets and for procurement of required official sundry items and provision of TA/DA of Technical Officials of NADRS for visiting and monitoring different NADRS sites in the state. Detailing of the Fish diseases need to be done with inputs from scientist from ICAR Inclusion of Diary Department within NADRS FAQs on Animal disease terminologies. Capturing data at the implementation level to strengthen both NADRS and Scheme Monitoring system

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Electronic Newsletter on NADRS. Mapping of fodder availability In hilly area locations, power is an acute problem. In some occasions, it may take days together without power. Hence a generator set may be provided. Tablet / laptop computers may also help as standby to upload daily data. Service fee collection for inclusion in the website NADRS to reduce regional imbalances by providing location specific advisory system. Animal Identification and Traceability, FMD livestock Animal (70,000) in Tripura to be considered under FAO India Project on AI&T Documentation of trans-border diseases and their diagnostic procedure. In Meghalaya, 9 blocks have not received the Hardware. To be expedited for these 9 blocks In Meghalaya 22 Nodes are with no network connectivity due to geographical conditions. The Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Department would like to know how these 22 Nodes will transmit the Disease Information. There are 8 (Eight) Sub Divisional Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Offices in Meghalaya and these Offices also needs Computer for Animal Disease Reporting.

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45. It may also be mentioned here that some of the C & R D Blocks, Veterinary Dispensaries, Aid Centres falls under the control and jurisdiction of the Sub- Divisional Officers whereas the Stockman Centres falls under the control of Project Officers, ICDP which are 2 (two) in numbers and these also need to be supplied with Computer Hardware. 46 An Awareness Programme needs to be organized at the District, Sub- Division and Block level so that the Pet Owners, Livestock owners, NGOs, Veterinary Practitioners, etc will be aware of the System of Disease Reporting

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It has been suggested that there should be a Toll Free SMS Number where stakeholders can SMS to report in case of any Animal Disease Outbreak. In Arunachal Pradesh, out of 111 nodes, 52 are feasible for BSNL VPNOBB. Only 39 are connected. However BSNL assured to complete all by 31/3/2012. To be verified. Some problems in billing by BSNL . Billing by BSNL to be resolved properly and bills to be sent to proper payment office only. There are only about 703 Veterinary doctors in Assam, whereas the need is about 5,000 as per Dr Robin Goswami, Dean of faculty of Veterinary Science, AAU, Khanapara, Guwahati. In Assam trans-border disease is a problem because of international boarder. Disease reporting is not encouraged from the top level. Due to this diseases go unreported in Assam. Setting up of District Diagnostic Laboratories will help in Disease Surveillance says Assam NERDDL requires access of NADRS data for all 7 states; there needs to be a mechanism for this demands by Assam workshop. ADRS development team may like to have a look at WHO Formats TAD Information formats which are very useful. There is less reporting from field-level. Hence looking at reported data, it appears that there is no Foot-And-Mouth (FMD) disease in Assam; hence there is no scheme for such diseases in all 8 NE states. But in reality there are widespread occurrences of FMD. There is a useful site called National Animal Disease Referral Expert System (NADRES) http://nadres.res.in launched by a PDADMAS. Disease occurring in Assam but not available in the software are : Black Quarter Disease, Hump Sore, Piglet Diarrhoea, Swine Brucellosis, Pseudo-rabies, Ephemeral fever (in cattle), Duck virus.

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As other types of diseases like Nutritional Disease, Parasitic, Trans-border Migration Diseases are not available in NADRS, it was not clear as to whether the scope of the project does not include these

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There is a major issue in the allocation of resources under the NADRS project. In Assam, there are more than one hospitals headed by the Doctors who are of the same rank as the BVO, who is not the controlling officer for all these. They report directly to SDVO at Sub Division level.

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Not availability of necessary fund for sending samples to laboratories prevents Veterinarians from disease reporting. Reporting of Active Data should be emphasised rather than Passive Data.

62. Recommendation has to be made to the Vice-Chancellor and & Spl. Chief Secretary to introduce a paper on NADRS in the curriculum of Sri Venkateshwara Veterinary University's courses.

63 State Level and District Level coordination committees have to meet

frequently to successfully monitor & implement NADRS project in the state.

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Government officials, academicians, researchers, entrepreneurs, farmers & NGOs have to interact regularly for further enriching NADRS.

65. More sensitisation, awareness creation and educational programmes on NADRS have to be planned and organised in the state by Government of Andhra Pradesh. Resources required if any may be projected to Government of India for necessary support. 66. During first phase, consolidation & reporting at mandal level is envisaged. implementation of first phase shall pave way for reporting below mandal level. Successful

67. Editorial Committees have to be formed and activated at various levels for developing content in local language i.e. Telugu and updating on national portal. 68. The dashboards and social networking facilities, messaging & email services created under NADRS are to be made best use by the Veterinary officers as they were trained. Around 1200 Veterinary officers in Andhra Pradesh were trained on NADRS project by NIC.