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 31 March – 06 April 2025

Apr/08/2025


Foot and Mouth Disease in Europe
Influenza A (H5N1) in Mexico and India
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in North America, Europe, and Asia
FAO funding cuts
Dracunculus medinensis in Vietnam
Bluetongue virus in Europe
New World Screwworm in Central/North America

CEZD Weekly Intelligence Report 24 – 30 March 2025

Apr/01/2025


Foot and Mouth Disease in Europe
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa
Rabies in Quebec

CEZD Weekly Intelligence Report 17 – 23 March 2025

Mar/26/2025


Foot and Mouth Disease in Slovakia and South Korea
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa
Influenza A (H5N1) in the USA and Cambodia
Unknown disease in Hungary
African Swine Fever in the Caribbean
Chronic Wasting Disease in Canada
Rabies in Ontario
New World Screwworm in Central/North America