Leveraging primary care data
VetIntel collects equine primary care data collected from veterinary clinics across New Zealand to provide insights into population demographics, disease occurrence and welfare status of the New Zealand horse population.
Equine Health Association
Close collaboration with practitioners
VetIntel was designed “by veterinarians for veterinarians” ensuring use of the system was easy for participating practices and outputs are focussed on real needs of the sector.
Effortless data collection
Development of a national veterinary practice-based equine health surveillance system that enables key clinical data to be collected automatically from commercial practice management software. The data is uploaded into a centralised database in near real-time through secure electronic transfer systems.
Easy insights
The customised suite of data analysis and visualisation tools allow users to easily explore trends while maintaining confidentiality of animal owners and veterinarians. Complex data and AI tools are applied in the background to augment the data set and maximise insights.
Publications
Muellner P, Muellner U, Gates M, Pearce T, Ahlstrom C, Neill D, Brodbelt D and Cave NJ. Evidence in practice – a pilot study leveraging companion animal and equine health data from primary care veterinary clinics in New Zealand. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 3:116 doi: 10.3389/fvets.2016.00116, 2016. Available here.
Muellner P, Pearce T, Muellner U. Using primary care data to provide biosecurity intelligence and surveillance data for the New Zealand equine industry. Proceedings of the 15th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2018.
Muellner P, Pearce T, Gates C, Muellner U. Count your horses – towards real-time surveillance of equine health in New Zealand. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2017.
Presentations
Muellner P, Pearce T, Muellner U. Using primary care data to provide biosecurity intelligence and surveillance data for the New Zealand equine industry. Proceedings of the 15th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2018.
Muellner P, Pearce T, Gates C, Muellner U. Count your horses – towards real-time surveillance of equine health in New Zealand. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2017.