Instead, the department is focusing on a surveillance system that will test only those sites deemed representative.

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Mr Borkowski said there were also plans to test self-controlled surveillance blimps equipped with cameras.

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This aerial-surveillance system will be put to the test in a project that started on August 21st, when a team led by Tom Kampe and Michael Lefsky began studying the causes and impact of what has come to be known as the High Park fire.

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However, poor countries in Asia, such as Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos, lack the veterinary facilities for surveillance of the disease in animals, the laboratories to test samples and the ability to respond swiftly to eradicate outbreaks.

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