Editorial
Barbara Dufour

The sentinel function in epidemiology
Bernard Toma

Quality requirements of the sentinel function in epidemiology
Pascal Hendrikx and Barbara Dufour

Sentinel animals in tropical environments. Toward an integrated surveillance system
Renaud Lancelot

Animals as sentinels in toxicology : animals as sentinels of sanitary risk from environmental origin for humans : from saturnism to cancers
Brigitte Anna Enriquez, Gilles Hakou, Marie-Danielle Payn, Aude Tabaries, Patrick Devauchelle, Brigitte Revol and Jean-Jacques Benet

Rodents as potential sentinels for Hantavirus infections
Paul Heyman and Claude Saegerman

The sentinel function in aquatic environments
Christian Michel

Sentinel animals and bluetongue in Europe
Claude Saegerman, Cécile Herr, Didier Crochet, Pierre Sarradin, Renaud Lancelot, Franck Vandenbussche, Bart Verheyden, Ludovic Martinelle, Jozef Hooyberghs, Kris De Clercq and Estelle Méroc

Indications and limits of animal sentinels: lessons learnt from French episodes of West Nile virus infection
Sylvie Lecollinet, Jean Hars, Thierry Lefrançois, Benoit Durand and Stéphan Zientara

Wildlife, as an epidemiological sentinel of infectious and toxic diseases
Jean Hars, Philippe Gibert and Olivier Mastain

Historical review (1992-2006 ) of bovine tuberculosis resurgence in France
Jean-Jacques Benet and Barbara Dufour

Bulk tank milk, reliable tool for diagnosing Q Fever in dairy herds?
Guy Czaplicki, Jean-Yves Houtain, Cédric Mullender, Christophe Manteca and Claude Saegerman

Prevalence survey by immunological detection of bovine fasciolosis (Fasciola gigantica) in cattle raised by transhumant Peul herders milk producers in the Region of the river Senegal in the north of the country
Jean-Baptiste Hanon, Oumar Tala Diaw, Mouhamadane Mbacke Seye, Jean Guillotin and Claude Saegerman

First emergence of bovine parafilariosis in Belgium
Bertrand Losson and Claude Saegerman

Creating an epidemiological surveillance network in Mayotte
Stéphanie Maeder, Fabienne Biteau-Coroller, Tamime Madi and Eric Cardinale

Climatic conditions and chances of finding disease vector mosquitoes
Alexandre Eyraud-Griffet, Jennifer Pradel, Karine Chalvet-Monfray and Dominique J. Bicout

Modeling the spread of Avian Influenza viruses among wild birds in the Ebro Delta (Spain)
Ana Alba, Dominique J. Bicout, Francesc Vidal, Antoni Curco, Alberto Allepuz, Sebastian Napp, Ignacio García and Jordi Casal

Quantitative estimation of economical losses linked with the Bluetongue (BTV-8) in Walloon Region during the period of 2006-2007
Jean-Baptiste Hanon, Aude Uyttenhoef, Fabienne Fecher-Bourgeois, Nathalie Kirschvink, Eric Haubruge, Brigitte Duquesne and Claude Saegerman

Epidemiological veterinary survey regarding three vector diseases in North-Kivu province (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Moïse Kasereka Kalume, Bertrand Losson, Charles Guido Vyambwera, Lusenge Mbegumbaya, Alexis M’Pondi Makumyaviri and Claude Saegerman

Qualitative risk assessment of the introduction of peste des petits ruminants in France
Manuelle Miller, Eric Etter, Barbara Dufour, Geneviève Libeau and Renaud Lancelot

Prevalence of hydatidosis in sheep in Sardinia
Marion Ripoche, Antonio Varcasia and Antonio Scala

Dogs a sentinels of human risk from environmental origin : interest for saturnim prevention ; first study conducted in the Alfort French veterinary School
Brigitte Enriquez, Gilles Hakou, Aude Tabaries, Brigitte Revol, Joëlle Le Moal, Annie Sasco and Jean-Jacques Benet

Laurie Dufour, Barbara Dufour, Geneviève Libeau and Adama Diallo

Claude Saegerman, Jean-Jacques Benet, Fatah Bendali and Dirk Berkvens