Table 2
SWOT analysis for AR research in Europe. COMBAR = EU COST Action Combating Anthelmintic Resistance in Europe [37]; AR = Anthelmintic Resistance; STAR-IDAZ IRC = International Research Consortium on Animal Health.
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External |
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Strengths | Weaknesses | Opportunities | Threats |
European initiative endorsed by all COMBAR members | Data on AR not collected on a constant basis (non-continuous and non-consistent data collection) | Real-time data sharing including a live database on AR in ruminant livestock | Insufficient public awareness of AR (compared to antimicrobial resistance) |
Consistency and compliance with the priorities of the STAR-IDAZ IRC on animal health | Lack of harmonised tests for field and laboratory detection of AR to allow early reaction | Development of coordinated European surveillance system of AR. | The pattern in the AR maps could be misleading (black-box effect) |
Disseminate knowledge and promote the use of standardised methods for determining AR | |||
Live database compiled by regional experts with published and unpublished data | Fragmented surveillance systems and data biased towards Northern European countries and towards GIN | Striving to obtain precise location of AR cases | Data protection legislation may hamper the availability of georeferenced data to allow robust spatial analyses of AR |
Operate in real time, providing maps, tables and reports | Spatial sampling bias can limit the analysis and interpretation of AR data | Rapid, responsive, efficient, and cost-effective planning of AR surveys | Confounding factors not related to AR may not be taken into consideration |
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