[Systems for monitoring animal health in Switzerland]

Due to the changing conditions of animal production in Switzerland the demand for scientifically based animal health information has increased during the last years. It has become a central element in animal health policy making. National animal health surveillance systems include methods for data collection, analyses, interpretation and information distribution. The current Swiss surveillance systems are presented. In the future, these systems should be more integrated in order to make better use of the available data. The project "Systems for the recording of animal health in Switzerland" (SysET) is a proposal how a comprehensive animal data base could be developed.