Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Data warehouse for assessing animal health, welfare, risk management and -communication.
- Journal:
- Acta veterinaria Scandinavica
- Year:
- 2011
- Authors:
- Nielsen, Annette Cleveland
- Affiliation:
- Danish Veterinary and Food Administration
Plain-English summary
This paper talks about a new project in Denmark that aims to create a central database for information about animal health, welfare, and management. The goal is to connect various existing databases so that all relevant data about Danish farm animals can be easily accessed and analyzed. This will help researchers and authorities better understand and manage risks related to animal health and welfare. By sharing this information, the hope is to improve how risks are controlled and communicated. Overall, this initiative is expected to enhance the way animal health and welfare are monitored in Denmark.
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to give an overview of existing databases in Denmark and describe some of the most important of these in relation to establishment of the Danish Veterinary and Food Administrations' veterinary data warehouse. The purpose of the data warehouse and possible use of the data are described. Finally, sharing of data and validity of data is discussed. There are databases in other countries describing animal husbandry and veterinary antimicrobial consumption, but Denmark will be the first country relating all data concerning animal husbandry, -health and -welfare in Danish production animals to each other in a data warehouse. Moreover, creating access to these data for researchers and authorities will hopefully result in easier and more substantial risk based control, risk management and risk communication by the authorities and access to data for researchers for epidemiological studies in animal health and welfare.
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