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Posted: February 13 2006 at 9:32am |
Surveillance in pigs if they are found to be infected with the virus
UK Government Consults On Avian Flu Measures, DEFRAMain Category: Flu/Bird Flu/SARS NewsArticle Date: 13 Feb 2006 - 16:00pm (UK) Views are being sought on the implementation of measures aimed at limiting and eradicating an outbreak of avian influenza - Defra announced today. The Avian Influenza Directive was recently adopted in Europe and now requires implementation into UK law. The Directive introduces new powers and disease surveillance measures including: -- Allowing member states to slaughter birds found to have a low pathogenic strain of the virus and introduce movement controls around the affected area -- Boosting surveillance for the disease with programmes for sampling of flocks -- Introducing powers to restrict movements on suspicion of disease and national or regional movement restrictions after disease is confirmed -- Allowing state vets to apply controls flexibly to keep industry operating in a biosecure way -- Surveillance in pigs if they are found to be infected with the virus -- Requiring Member States to keep a central register of commercial poultry keepers http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=376 65 Edited by Rick |
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Avian flu countries to monitor pigs too. (European Policy News).
Measures agreed to at at EU level to tackle the spread of avian flu will from now on include tests on pigs kept in infected holdings in the Netherlands and Belgium, EU experts announced this week. The Union's Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health
agreed on Wednesday to this extra defensive measure against ... http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go1467/is_200304/a i_n7507164 |
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