Environmental Scanning


  • Environmental scanning enables CEZD to stay up to date with emerging animal and zoonotic disease events around the world. CEZD utilizes the Canadian Network for Public Health Intelligence (CNPHI) platform and its Knowledge Integration Using Web-based Intelligence (KIWI) technology for its environmental scanning activities. The environmental scanning process consists of gathering information about emerging or zoonotic disease events across the world and assessing their relevance to Canada.

  • The KIWI technology reduces the information burden by applying its filtering algorithm and presenting the output disease signals to community members for review. Signals identified as relevant/important are shared with the broader CEZD community in the form of weekly intelligence reports. By combining human analysis with automated computer information mining, CEZD is able to produce timely intelligence reports that raise awareness and help determine potential future disease threats. 

Recent Intelligence Reports

CEZD Discipline Specific Reports Swine 2024 11 21

Dec/04/2024


Update on signals from swine Q3 2024

CEZD Weekly Intelligence Report 25 November – 01 December 2024

Dec/03/2024


Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in North America, Europe, and Asia
Influenza A (H5) in the USA
Influenza A (H5N1) in Canada
Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in Mongolia
Mpox Worldwide (UK, DRC)

CEZD Weekly Intelligence Report 18 – 24 November 2024

Nov/27/2024


Influenza A (H5) in the USA
Influenza A (H5N1) in Canada
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in North and South America, Europe, and Asia
Mpox clade I in Manitoba
New World Screwworm in Mexico
Foot and Mouth Disease in Palestine