A Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for animal health: Experiences of the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale of Sicily (Italy)

摘要

Background: Livestock diseases are a zoo-economic and public health problem, particularly in case of zoonoses such as brucellosis. Their eradication are an objective of the Veterinary Services. In Italy, this objective was pursued by specific National Recovery and Eradication Plans, providing for control and surveillance measures. This work is carried out by the National Health Service involving activities, figures and structures heterogeneous using several operational information systems. In the past, this complexity has generated confusion in data collection with partial, missing or duplicated information, often inconsistent among different systems.