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 Weekly Intelligence Report 10 – 16 March 2025

Mar/18/2025


Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in North and South America, Europe, and Asia
Foot and Mouth Disease in South Korea and Hungary
New World Screwworm in Central/North America
Equine Infectious Anemia in Canada

CEZD Discipline Specific Reports Swine 2025 02 20

Mar/13/2025


Update on signals from swine Q4 2024

CEZD Weekly Intelligence Report 03 – 09 March 2025

Mar/12/2025


Foot and Mouth Disease in Hungary
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in North America, Europe, and Asia
Mpox clade 1a in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Peste des petits ruminants in Europe
Bluetongue virus in Europe
Schmallenberg virus in the UK