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OIE publications
Guidelines for investigation of suspicious biological events
Guidelines for national Veterinary Services
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World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
March 2018
8 pages
In response to the changing landscape of biological threats and the perceived likelihood of criminal or terrorist acts involving pathogens or toxins, guidance for prevention, preparedness and response to such attacks was issued by many countries, organisations and institutions. However, most of this guidance focuses on laboratory settings and protection of human health, leaving a gap regarding general guidance for Veterinary Service. To address this gap, the OIE developed these guidelines which should be understood as impulse on how to identify biological events that warrant further investigation and on good practices for (joint) investigations of such events.
