A service platform to support early detection of livestock diseases, identification of livestock population & related disease outbreak risk, and planning of livestock surveys

The aims of the VGTropics project were to establish a service platform to support early detection of livestock diseases, identification of livestock population and related disease outbreak risk, and planning of livestock surveys. VGTropics services are tailored to African developing countries’ needs and are designed to support international, national and regional animal health monitoring activities. The development of the VGTropics service platform took into account the user requirements stemming from the feasibility study which was consolidated during the demonstration project with the support of the partner users. The users were also in charge of evaluating VGTropics during the pre-operational stage using the performance indicators and criteria defined during the project. Users’ assessment of VGTropics throughout the demonstration project activities helped fine-tuning of the VGTropics solution with the objective to establish a proved and validated solution ready to be used in the projects undertaken by those users, and to prepare for future commercialisation to new potential customers not involved in the demonstration project.