OIE Reference Laboratory Reports
Activities in 2012
Name of disease (or topic) for which you
are a designated OIE Reference Laboratory:
Trichinellosis
Address of laboratory
Centre for Food-borne and Animal Parasitology
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
116 Veterinary Road, Saskatoon, Sask., S7N 2R3
Canada
Tel.:
1-306-975-5344
Fax:
1-306-975-5711
e-mail address:
alvin.gajadhar@inspection.gc.ca
website:
Name (including Title) of Head of
Laboratory (Responsible Official):
Dr. Alvin A. Gajadhar
Name(including Title and Position) of OIE
Reference Expert:
Dr. Alvin A. Gajadhar, Research Scientist and Section
Head
Date of submission to the OIE
25 January, 2013
Instructions
This form should be used by an OIE Reference Laboratory to report activities that took place from January
through December of the past year (2012), unless otherwise stated, and must be submitted by the end of
January every year.
Only those activities that concern the disease (or topic) for which the laboratory is recognised by the OIE
should be mentioned. The questionnaire structure follows the Terms of Reference (ToRs) for OIE Reference
Laboratories, available at:
http://www.oie.int/en/our-scientific-expertise/reference-laboratories/introduction/
EachToR(blue italicised text)has been placed as a heading covering the group of questions related to it.
Please note the red italicised text is given as guidance and should be deleted from your report and substitute
with your data. Examples are based on past Annual Reports or have been invented.
The questionnaire represents a means of gathering information on activities carried out by OIE Reference
Laboratories and making it available to OIE Member Countries and to the OIE Reference Laboratory network.
This annual report will remain available for consultation on the OIE web site:
(http://www.oie.int/en/our-scientific-expertise/reference-laboratories/annual-reports/):
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OIE RL for « Trichinellosis » – « Dr. Alvin A. Gajadhar » – « Canada »
ToR: To use, promote and disseminate diagnostic methods validated according to OIE
Standards
Test recommended by the OIE
Total number of test performed last year
Indirect diagnostic tests
Nationally
Internationally
Indirect ELISA
110
129
Direct diagnostic tests
Nationally
Internationally
Artificial Digestion
342
10
PCR
259
0
Bioassay
2
0
ToR: To develop reference material in accordance with OIE requirements, and implement
and promote the application of OIE Standards.
To store and distribute to national laboratories biological reference products and any
other reagents used in the diagnosis and control of the designated pathogens or
disease.
2.
Did your laboratory produce or store imported standard reference reagents officially recognised by
the OIE or other international bodies?
X
Yes (Trichinella genotypes: T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6)
No
3.
Did your laboratory supply standard reference reagents to OIE Member Countries?
Yes
4.
Yes (T1 ES antigen)
No
Did your laboratory produce vaccines?
Yes
6.
No
Did your laboratory produce diagnostic reagents other than the OIE-approved standard reference
reagents?
X
5.
X
X
No
Did your laboratory supply vaccines to OIE Member Countries?
Yes
X
No
ToR: To develop, standardise and validate, according to OIE Standards, new procedures for
diagnosis and control of the designated pathogens or diseases
7.
Did your laboratory develop new diagnostic methods validated according to OIE Standards for the
designated pathogen or disease?
Yes
2
X
No
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OIE RL for « Trichinellosis » – « Dr. Alvin A. Gajadhar » – « Canada »
8.
Did your laboratory develop new vaccines according to OIE Standards for the designated pathogen
or disease?
Yes
X
No
ToR: To provide diagnostic testing facilities, and, where appropriate, scientific and
technical advice on disease control measures to OIE Member Countries
9.
Did your laboratory carry out diagnostic testing for other OIE Member Countries?
Yes
10.
X
No
Did your laboratory provide expert advice in technical consultancies on the request of an OIE
Member Country?
X
Yes
No
Name of the OIE Member Country
receiving a technical consultancy
How the advice was
provided
Purpose
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock
and Fisheries, Uruguay
Establishment of a rodent model for
propagation of Trichinella spiralis for
proficiency sample preparation
remote
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Vietnam
Post-in loco training consultation and
advice pertaining to Trichinella artificial
digestion testing and proficiency testing
remote
Ministry of Agriculture and
Fisheries, New Zealand
Use of proficiency samples in Trichinella
artificial digestion testing program
remote
ToR: To carry out and/or coordinate scientific and technical studies in collaboration with
other laboratories, centres or organisations
11.
Did your laboratory participate in international scientific studies in collaboration with OIE Member
Countries other than the own?
X
Yes
No
Title of the study
Duration
Purpose of the study
Partners
(Institutions)
Development of
international
guidelines and
recommendations
for quality
assurance in
Trichinella
digestion testing
Programs
2009-2012
To support
regulatory
requirements for
food safety and
international trade
Organisation for
Economic Cooperation and
Development
(OECD)
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Various national
and International
Veterinary and
Public Health
Reference Labs
OIE Member Countries
involved other than
your country
France, Germany, Italy,
United States, Belgium,
Netherlands, New
Zealand, Switzerland,
Spain, Croatia, China,
Serbia
3
OIE RL for « Trichinellosis » – « Dr. Alvin A. Gajadhar » – « Canada »
ToR: To collect, process, analyse, publish and disseminate epizootiological data relevant to
the designated pathogens or diseases
12.
Did your Laboratory collect epizootiological data relevant to international disease control?
X
13.
No
Did your laboratory disseminate epizootiological data that had been processed and analysed?
X
14.
Yes
Yes
No
What method of dissemination of information is most often used by your laboratory?
(Indicate in the appropriate box the number by category)
a) .........................................................................................Articles published in peer-reviewed
journals: ........................................................................... 0
b) ........................................................................ International conferences:
c) ........................................................................ National conferences:
0
2
d) ........................................................................ Other: 1*
*ICT recommendations and guidelines on quality assurance on digestion testing and programs for
Trichinella; 48 pp. http://trichinellosis.org/Guidelines.html
ToR: To provide scientific and technical training for personnel from OIE Member Countries
To recommend the prescribed and alternative tests or vaccines as OIE Standards
15.
Did your laboratory provide scientific and technical training to laboratory personnel from other OIE
Member Countries?
X
Yes
No
a) .........................................................................................Technical visits: 0
b) .........................................................................................Seminars:
0
c) .........................................................................................Hands-on training courses:
d) .........................................................................................Internships (>1 month):
0
1
Type of technical training
provided (a, b, c or d)
Country of origin of the expert(s)
provided with training
No. participants from the
corresponding country
D (Visiting Scientist)
India
1 (6 month period)
ToR: To maintain a system of quality assurance, biosafety and biosecurity relevant for the
pathogen and the disease concerned
16.
Does your laboratory have a Quality Management System certified according to an International
Standard?
X
Yes
No
Quality management system adopted
ISO 17025
4
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OIE RL for « Trichinellosis » – « Dr. Alvin A. Gajadhar » – « Canada »
17.
Is your laboratory accredited by an international accreditation body?
X
Yes
No
Test for which your laboratory is accredited
Accreditation body
The double separatory funnel digestion procedure
for the detection of Trichinella larvae in pork
ILAC Signatory SCC (Standards Council of Canada)
The double separatory funnel digestion procedure
for the detection of Trichinella larvae in horse meat
ILAC Signatory SCC (Standards Council of Canada)
18. Does your laboratory maintain a “biorisk management system” for the pathogen and the disease
concerned? (See Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals 2012, Chapter 1.1.3 or
Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals 2012, Chapter 1.1.1)
X
Yes
No
ToR: To organise and participate in scientific meetings on behalf of the OIE
19.
Did your laboratory organise scientific meetings on behalf of the OIE?
Yes
20.
X
No
Did your laboratory participate in scientific meetings on behalf of the OIE?
X
Title of event
Meeting of OIE ad
hoc Group on
Zoonotic Parasites
Yes
No
Date
(mm/yy)
Location
Role (speaker, presenting
poster, short
communications)
Title of the work
presented
08/12
OIE
Headquarters
Paris
Participating member of
OIE ad hoc Group
Review of comments by
OIE Member Countries on
a proposed new draft of
AH Code Chapter 8.13 for
Trichinellosis
ToR: To establish and maintain a network with other OIE Reference Laboratories
designated for the same pathogen or disease and organise regular inter-laboratory
proficiency testing to ensure comparability of results
21.
Did your laboratory exchange information with other OIE Reference Laboratories designated for the
same pathogen or disease?
X
22.
Yes
Was your laboratory involved in maintaining a network with OIE Reference Laboratories designated
for the same pathogen or disease by organising or participating in proficiency tests?
Yes
23.
No
X
No
Did your laboratory collaborate with other OIE Reference Laboratories for the same disease
on scientific research projects for the diagnosis or control of the pathogen of interest?
X
Yes
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OIE RL for « Trichinellosis » – « Dr. Alvin A. Gajadhar » – « Canada »
Name(s) of relevant OIE
Reference Laboratories
Title of the project or contact
Scope
Inter-laboratory ring trial for
quality assurance and
standardization of ES-antigen
production for Trichinella ELISA
Standardization of the production,
quality and performance of Trichinella
spiralis ES-antigens in ELISA serology
Istituto Superiore di Sanita
(Italy)
ToR: To organise inter-laboratory proficiency testing with laboratories other than OIE
Reference Laboratories for the same pathogens and diseases to ensure equivalence of
results.
24.
Did your laboratory organise or participate in inter-laboratory proficiency tests with
laboratories other than OIE Reference Laboratories for the same disease?
X
Yes
No
Purpose for inter-laboratory test comparisons1
No. participating
laboratories
Ongoing validation of performance of respective
magnetic stirrer artificial digestion assays for
Trichinella and analyst competence at
participating laboratories
2
Participating OIE Member
Countries
Canada (CFIA)
France (ANSES)
ToR: To place expert consultants at the disposal of the OIE
25.
Did your laboratory place expert consultants at the disposal of the OIE?
X
1
6
Yes
No
Kind of consultancy
Location
Subject (facultative )
Consideration of OIE Member comments
on Terrestrial Code draft Chapter 8.13 and
amendment of text; and cooperation
between Codex and OIE on Zoonotic
Parasites
Paris
Revision of Trichinellosis Chapter
8.13 of OIE Terrestrial Code to
address comments of Member
Countries and to ensure
complementary standards for OIE
and Codex Alimentarius
Commission
Represent the OIE on ISO Working Group
(ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG6 subgroup Trichinella)
Remote
Standard method for Trichinella
digestion assay
See Interlaboratory test comparisons in: Laboratory Proficiency Testing at:
www.oie.int/en/our-scientific-expertise/reference-laboratories/proficiency-testing see point 1.3
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