Dr Angus Cameron

Angus Cameron is an Australian epidemiologist with special interest in the areas of surveillance and health information systems, livestock identification and traceability, epidemiological data analysis and geographical information systems. He works across a range of species, including human health, livestock and aquatic animals, in Australia and internationally. He has a huge project portfolio and has over 10 years aggregate of short-term consultancies in Asia, Africa, Americas and Europe.

Angus has led teams in the design and implementation of numerous health information systems. These systems range in scope from industry-specific systems to region (e.g. ASEAN, Africa) and global systems (OIE). Recent work includes ALIATS (a livestock identification and traceability system for Asia) and iSIKHNAS (a world-leading fully integrated national system for Indonesia, including animal identification, traceability, and disease and production data management and reporting).

The author of a number of books on disease surveillance Angus is widely published. He has been a member of two World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) working groups responsible for the development of new global standards for terrestrial and aquatic animal disease surveillance, and a number of working groups for the European Food Safety Authority. He is based in France and speaks several European and Asian languages.

In 2013, Angus received the Kesteven Medal for distinguished contribution to international veterinary science, jointly awarded by the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists and the Australian Veterinary Association.

Angus became a partner with Ausvet in 2000 and has been an Executive Director of Ausvet Pty Ltd and Ausvet Group Pty Ltd. He led the establishment of Ausvet Europe, now EpiMundi, in Europe in 2019.

Specialty areas

Veterinary Epidemiology
Information System design and data analysis
Risk-based surveillance
Strategic analysis
Integrated data systems development
Project design and implementation
Disease surveillance
Training and facilitation

Highlights

Team leader and chief developer of Indonesia’s national animal and production information and field reporting system (iSIKHNAS).
4 years’ resident surveillance research in Thailand and Laos.
Project leader of Integrated Industry Research Platform (PIISAC) to support the Chilean salmon industry.
Team leader and chief consultant for Namibian FMD and CBPP Freedom Planning project.
Author of several books including Manual of Basic Animal Disease Surveillance (2012), Survey Toolbox for Livestock Diseases (1999, translated into 5 languages), and Survey Toolbox for Aquatic Animal Diseases (2002).
Inaugural Chair of the organising committee, International Conference on Animal Health Surveillance (Lyon, May 2011)
Visiting Scientist, International EpiLab, Denmark. Research project – ‘‘Demonstrating freedom from disease using multiple complex data sources”.

Publications

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Chapot, L., Hibbard, R., Ariyanto, K. B., Maulana, K. Y., Yusuf, H., Febriyani, W., Cameron, A., Paul, M., Faverjon, C., & Vergne, T. (2023). A qualitative analysis of health information-sharing networks in the Indonesian poultry sector. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 219, 106003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106003

Hibbard, R., Chapot, L., Yusuf, H., Ariyanto, K. B., Maulana, K. Y., Febriyani, W., Cameron, A., Vergne, T., Faverjon, C., & Paul, M. C. (2023). “It’s a habit. They’ve been doing it for decades and they feel good and safe.”: A qualitative study of barriers and opportunities to changing antimicrobial use in the Indonesian poultry sector. PLOS ONE, 18(9), e0291556. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291556

Oberin, M., Badger, S., Faverjon, C., Cameron, A., & Bannister-Tyrrell, M. (2022). Electronic information systems for One Health surveillance of antimicrobial resistance: a systematic scoping review. BMJ Global Health, 7(1), e007388. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007388

Gargallo, G., Davies, J. g., Faverjon, C., Kampichler, C., Baillie, S. r., Cameron, A., Robinson, R. a., & Sierdsema, H. (2022). Development of a prototype early warning system for avian influenza in the EU based on risk-mapping. EFSA Supporting Publications, 19(12), 7762E. https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2022.EN-7762

Meyer, A., Sadler, R., Bannister-Tyrrell, M., Gallardo Lagno, A. L., Stegeman, A., & Cameron, A. (2021). Is between-farm water-borne pathogen dissemination an important driver in the epidemiology of salmonid rickettsial septicaemia in Chile? Aquaculture, 530, 735751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735751

Meyer, A., Faverjon, C., Hostens, M., Stegeman, A., & Cameron, A. (2021). Systematic review of the status of veterinary epidemiological research in two species regarding the FAIR guiding principles. BMC Veterinary Research, 17(1), 270. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-021-02971-1

Zalcman, E., Burroughs, A., Meyer, A., Mackenzie, C., Sadler, R., Stevenson, M., Ward, M., Gallardo Lagno, A., Happold, J., Cameron, A., & Cowled, B. (2021). Sea lice infestation of salmonids in Chile between 2011 and 2017: Use of regulatory data to describe characteristics and identify risk factors. Aquaculture, 530, 735752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735752

Meyer, A., Bannister-Tyrrell, M., Mackenzie, C., Stegeman, A., & Cameron, A. (2020). Barriers to the adoption of a fish health data integration initiative in the Chilean salmonid production. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 179, 105853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2020.105853

Hillman, A. E., Zalcman, E. J., Burroughs, A. L., Meyer, A., Sadler, R. J., Madin, B., Mackenzie, C., Ward, M. P., Stevenson, M. A., Gallardo Lagno, A. L., Cameron, A. R., & Cowled, B. D. (2020). Use of regulatory data to describe and identify risk factors for salmonid rickettsial septicaemia in Chile, 2011–2017. Aquaculture, 526, 735324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735324

Faverjon, C., Meyer, A., Howden, K., Long, K., Peters, L., & Cameron, A. (2020). Risk-based early detection system of African Swine Fever using mortality thresholds. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13765

Cameron, A. R., Meyer, A., Faverjon, C., & Mackenzie, C. (2020). Quantification of the sensitivity of early detection surveillance. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, tbed.13598. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13598

Happold, J., Meyer, A., Sadler, R., Cowled, B., Mackenzie, C., Stevenson, M., Ward, M. P., Gallardo Lagno, A. L., & Cameron, A. (2020). Effectiveness of antimicrobial treatment of salmonid rickettsial septicaemia in commercial salmon and trout farms in Chile. Aquaculture, 525, 735323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735323

Happold, J., Sadler, R., Meyer, A., Hillman, A., Cowled, B., Mackenzie, C., Gallardo Lagno, A. L., & Cameron, A. (2020). Effectiveness of vaccination for the control of salmonid rickettsial septicaemia in commercial salmon and trout farms in Chile. Aquaculture, 520, 734968. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.734968

O’Reilly, K. M., Grassly, N. C., Allen, D. J., Bannister-Tyrrell, M., Cameron, A., Martin, A. I. C., Ramsay, M., Pebody, R., & Zambon, M. (2020). Surveillance Optimization to Detect Poliovirus in the Pre-Eradication Era: a Modelling Study of England and Wales. Epidemiology & Infection, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268820001004

Meyer, A., Sadler, R., Faverjon, C., Cameron, A. R., & Bannister-Tyrrell, M. (2020). Evidence That Higher Temperatures Are Associated With a Marginally Lower Incidence of COVID-19 Cases. Frontiers in Public Health, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00367

Happold, J., Sadler, R., Meyer, A., Cowled, B., Mackenzie, C., Gallardo Lagno, A., & Cameron, A. (2020). Effectiveness of vaccination for the control of salmonid rickettsial septicaemia in commercial salmon and trout farms in Chile. Aquaculture, 520, 734968. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.734968

Peyre, M., Hoinville, L., Njoroge, J., Cameron, A., Traon, D., Goutard, F., Calba, C., Grosbois, V., Delabouglise, A., Varant, V., Drewe, J., Pfeiffer, D., & Häsler, B. (2019). The RISKSUR EVA tool (Survtool): A tool for the integrated evaluation of animal health surveillance systems. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 173, 104777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2019.104777

Cameron, A. R. (2019). Strategies for the Global Eradication of Peste des Petits Ruminants: An Argument for the Use of Guerrilla Rather Than Trench Warfare. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 6, 331. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00331

Meyer, A, Burroughs, A, Sadler, R, Happold, J, Cowled, B, Mackenzie, C., Gallardo Lagno, AL, & Cameron, A. (2019). Quantifying the effects of sea lice burden and lice bathing treatments on salmonid rickettsial septicaemia in commercial salmon and trout farms in Chile. Aquaculture, 513, 734411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.734411

Hutchison, J., Mackenzie, C., Madin, B., Happold, J., Leslie, E., Zalcman, E., Meyer, A., & Cameron, A. (2018). New approaches to aquatic and terrestrial animal surveillance: The potential for people and technology to transform epidemiology. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2018.10.009

Downs, S. H., Parry, J. E., Upton, P. A., Broughan, J. M., Goodchild, A. V., Nunez-Garcia, J., Greiner, M., Abernethy, D. A., Cameron, A. R., & Cook, A. J. (2018). Methodology and preliminary results of a systematic literature review of ante-mortem and post-mortem diagnostic tests for bovine tuberculosis. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 153, 117–126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.11.004

Downs, S. H., More, S. J., Goodchild, A. V., Whelan, A. O., Abernethy, D. A., Broughan, J. M., Cameron, A., Cook, A. J., de la Rua-Domenech, R. R., & Greiner, M. (2018). Evaluation of the methodological quality of studies of the performance of diagnostic tests for bovine tuberculosis using QUADAS. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 153, 108–116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.03.006

Nunez-Garcia, J., Downs, S. H., Parry, J. E., Abernethy, D. A., Broughan, J. M., Cameron, A. R., Cook, A. J., de la Rua-Domenech, R., Goodchild, A. V., & Gunn, J. (2018). Meta-analyses of the sensitivity and specificity of ante-mortem and post-mortem diagnostic tests for bovine tuberculosis in the UK and Ireland. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 153, 94–107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.02.017

Stresman, G., Cameron, A., & Drakeley, C. (2017). Freedom from Infection: Confirming Interruption of Malaria Transmission. Trends in Parasitology, 33(5), 345–352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2016.12.005

More, S. J., Cameron, A. R., Strain, S., Cashman, W., Ezanno, P., Kenny, K., Fourichon, C., & Graham, D. (2015). Evaluation of testing strategies to identify infected animals at a single round of testing within dairy herds known to be infected with Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis. Journal of Dairy Science, 98(8), 5194–5210. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2014-8211

Vergne, T., Vilas, V. J. D. R., Cameron, A., Dufour, B., & Grosbois, V. (2015). Capture–recapture approaches and the surveillance of livestock diseases: A review. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 120(3–4), 253–264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.04.003

Morgan, K., Cameron, A., & Gustafson, L. (2015). Making surveillance happen: a practical approach to determining disease status and freedom from farm to country. Journal of Applied Aquaculture, 27(3), 263–278. https://doi.org/10.1080/10454438.2013.873757

Fournié, G., Jones, B. A., Beauvais, W., Lubroth, J., Njeumi, F., Cameron, A., & Pfeiffer, D. U. (2014). The risk of rinderpest re-introduction in post-eradication era. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 113(2), 175–184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.11.001

Cameron, A. R., Njeumi, F., Chibeu, D. M., & Martin, P. A. J. (2014). Risk-based disease surveillance: A manual for veterinarians on the design and analysis of surveillance for demonstration of freedom from disease. FAO. http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/1440fee4-be47-4d38-8571-4dad3f3036d6/

Cameron, A., Mariner, J., Paisley, L., Parmley, J., Roger, F., Scott, A., Willeberg, P., & Wolhuter, M. (2014). Guide to terrestrial animal health surveillance (1st ed.). World Organisation for Animal Health. http://web.oie.int/boutique/index.php?page=ficprod&id_produit=1418&PHPSESSID=20f118ecd4851daa92e7ccf8bc20ad36&lang=en

Oidtmann, B. C., Peeler, E. J., Thrush, M. A., Cameron, A. R., Reese, R. A., Pearce, F. M., Dunn, P., Lyngstad, T. M., Tavornpanich, S., & Brun, E. (2014). Expert consultation on risk factors for introduction of infectious pathogens into fish farms. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 115(3–4), 238–254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.03.017

Cameron, A. R. (2013). Manual of Basic Animal Disease Surveillance. African Union - Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources. https://www.au-ibar.org/component/jdownloads/finish/76/1546

Frössling, J., Wahlström, H., Ågren, E. C. C., Cameron, A., Lindberg, A., & Sternberg Lewerin, S. (2013). Surveillance system sensitivities and probability of freedom from Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection in Swedish cattle. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 108(1), 47–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.07.010

Fournié, G., Beauvais, W., Jones, B. A., Lubroth, J., Ambrosini, F., Njeumi, F., Cameron, A., & Pfeiffer, D. U. (2013). Rinderpest virus sequestration and use in posteradication era. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 19(1), 151. https://doi.org/https://dx.doi.org/10.3201%2Feid1901.120967

Cameron, A. R. (2012). The consequences of risk-based surveillance: Developing output-based standards for surveillance to demonstrate freedom from disease. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 105(4), 280–286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.01.009

Goutard, F. L., Paul, M., Tavornpanich, S., Houisse, I., Chanachai, K., Thanapongtharm, W., Cameron, A., Stärk, K. D. C., & Roger, F. (2012). Optimizing early detection of avian influenza H5N1 in backyard and free-range poultry production systems in Thailand. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 105(3), 223–234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.12.020

Anderson, J., Baron, M., Cameron, A., Kock, R., Jones, B., Pfeiffer, D., Mariner, J., McKeever, D., Oura, C., Roeder, P., Rossiter, P., & Taylor, W. (2011). Rinderpest eradicated; what next? Veterinary Record, 169(1), 10–11. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.d4011

Downs, S. H., Parry, J., Nunez-Garcia, J., Abernethy, D. A., Broughan, J. M., Cameron, A. R., Cook, A. J., de la Rua Domensch, R., Goodchild, A. V., & Greiner, M. (2011). Meta-analysis of diagnostic test performance and modelling of testing strategies for control of bovine tuberculosis in GB. Proceedings of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, 139, 153.

Windsor, P. A., Freeman, P. G., Abila, R., Benigno, C., Verin, B., Nim, V., & Cameron, A. (2011). Foot-and-Mouth Disease Control and Eradication in the Bicol Surveillance Buffer Zone of the Philippines. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 58(5), 421–433. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1865-1682.2011.01225.x

Wahlström, H., Frössling, J., Lewerin, S. S., Ljung, A., Cedersmyg, M., & Cameron, A. (2010). Demonstrating freedom from Mycobacterium bovis infection in Swedish farmed deer using non-survey data sources. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 94(1), 108–118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.11.017

Gustafson, L., Klotins, K., Tomlinson, S., Karreman, G., Cameron, A., Wagner, B., Remmenga, M., Bruneau, N., & Scott, A. (2010). Combining surveillance and expert evidence of viral hemorrhagic septicemia freedom: A decision science approach. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 94(1), 140–153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.11.021

Aiken, H., Hayward, C., Cameron, A., & Nowak, B. (2009). Simulating blood fluke, Cardicola forsteri, infection in farmed southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyii, using stochastic models. Aquaculture, 293(3), 204–210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.04.034

More, S. J., Cameron, A. R., Greiner, M., Clifton-Hadley, R. S., Rodeia, S. C., Bakker, D., Salman, M. D., Sharp, J. M., De Massis, F., Aranaz, A., Boniotti, M. B., Gaffuri, A., Have, P., Verloo, D., Woodford, M., & Wierup, M. (2009). Defining output-based standards to achieve and maintain tuberculosis freedom in farmed deer, with reference to member states of the European Union. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 90(3), 254–267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.03.013

Seal, J. A., Doyle, Z., Burgess, J. R., Taylor, R., & Cameron, A. R. (2007). Iodine status of Tasmanians following voluntary fortification of bread with iodine. Medical Journal of Australia, 186(2), 69–71. https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb00803.x

Martin, P., Cameron, A., & Greiner, M. (2007). Demonstrating freedom from disease using multiple complex data sources: 1: A new methodology based on scenario trees. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 79(2–4), 71–97.

Mansell, P., Cameron, A., Taylor, D., & Malmo, J. (2006). Induction of parturition in dairy cattle and its effects on health and subsequent lactation and reproductive performance. Australian Veterinary Journal, 84(9), 312–316. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.2006.00031.x

Baldock, F. C., Cameron, A. R., & Perkins, N. R. (2005). Aquatic animal health surveillance. In Aquaculture biosecurity: prevention, control, and eradication of aquatic animal disease, Blackwell Publishing, Iowa, USA (pp. 129–148). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470376850

Humphry, R. W., Cameron, A., & Gunn, G. J. (2004). A practical approach to calculate sample size for herd prevalence surveys. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 65(3–4), 173–188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.07.003

Cameron, A. R. (2004). The impact of current and proposed changes to general guidelines on bluetongue surveillance of the Office International des Epizooties. Veterinaria Italiana, 40(4), 693–696. http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2004/40_4/693.htm

Cameron, A., Sergeant, E., & Baldock, C. (2004). Data management for animal health (Vol. 1). AusVet Animal Health Services.