title: Coordinating investigations of suspected notifiable diseases.
abstract: The APHA's Veterinary Exotic Notifiable Diseases Unit (VENDU) is a team of vets and scientists that coordinates the investigation of suspected exotic notifiable disease in Great Britain. This article describes the work of the unit and provides a breakdown of the reports investigated in 2015.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D018563:Disease Notification; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D006801:Humans; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance / Q000662:veterinary*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*