South West Zoonoses Group

The South West Zoonosis Group aims to enhance communication and dissemination of information about zoonotic disease across the counties of Devon, Cornwall, Avon, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset. Multi-agency meetings take place twice a year and involve representatives from the Health Protection Agency, the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, the Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and the Food Standards Agency. Each meeting also includes an educational Continuing Professional Development session, to which all appropriate parties involved in the investigation and control of zoonotic infections are invited. As such, the group acts as a source of advice within the region and provides links between the various agencies.

Terms of Reference (PDF, 72 KB)

Chair:  Dr Mark Salter,
Local and Regional Services Zoonoses Lead
Health Protection Agency
Dorset and Somerset Health Protection Unit
Victoria House, Princes Road
Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9JR
01202 851272
mark.salter@hpa.org.uk

Secretary:  Dr Juliet Elvy
Department of Medical Microbiology
Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation NHS Trust
Church Lane
Exeter, EX2 5DW
01392 402997
Juliet.Elvy@rdeft.nhs.uk

Meetings

Last Meeting:  April 1st 2009: Flyer for Meeting April 1st 2009 (PDF, 279 KB)

Previous Meetings

Tuesday 25th November 2008

• Minutes Southwest Zoonoses Group Minutes 251108 (PDF, 139 KB)
• Presentations: Controlling rabies in wildlife (PDF, 937 KB)  Public health aspects of rabies (PDF, 169 KB)

31st January 2008

• Minutes of SW Zoonoses Core Group Meeting Zoonoses Group Minutes (PDF, 143 KB)
• Q fever outbreak presentations
  - Q fever: An outbreak of a rural disease in an urban setting Q fever Outbreak (PDF, 1,022 KB)
  - Q fever infection in farmed livestock in E & W Q Fever Livestock (PDF, 130 KB)
  

Last reviewed: 20 May 2011