Assessment of the control measures of the category A diseases of Animal Health Law: Rift Valley Fever
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EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)
Nielsen, Søren Saxmose
Alvarez, Julio
Bicout, Dominique Joseph
Calistri, Paolo
Canali, Elisabetta
Drewe, Julian Ashley
Garin-Bastuji, Bruno
Gonzales Rojas, José Luis
Gortázar, Christian
Herskin, Mette
Michel, Virginie
Miranda Chueca, Miguel Ángel
Roberts, Helen Clare
Padalino, Barbara
Pasquali, Paolo
Spoolder, Hans
Ståhl, Karl
Velarde Calvo, Antonio
Viltrop, Arvo
Winckler, Christoph
Gubbins, Simon
Broglia, Alessandro
Aznar, Inma
Van der Stede, Yves
Publication date
2022-01-19ISSN
1831-4732
Abstract
EFSA received a mandate from the European Commission to assess the effectiveness of some of the control measures against diseases included in the Category A list according to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 on transmissible animal diseases ('Animal Health Law’). This opinion belongs to a series of opinions where these control measures were assessed for several diseases, with this opinion covering the assessment of control measures for Rift Valley Fever (RVF). In this opinion, EFSA and the AHAW Panel of experts review the effectiveness of: (i) clinical and laboratory sampling procedures, (ii) monitoring period and (iii) the minimum radius of the protection and surveillance zone and the minimum length of time the measures should be applied in these zones. The general methodology used for this series of opinions has been published elsewhere; nonetheless, the transmission kernels used for the assessment of the minimum radius of the protection and surveillance zones are shown. Several scenarios for which these control measures had to be assessed were designed and agreed prior to the start of the assessment. Different risk-based sampling procedures based on clinical visits and laboratory testing are assessed in case of outbreak suspicion, granting animal movements and for repopulation purposes. The length of monitoring period and minimum duration of measures to be implemented in the restricted zones as defined in the Delegated Regulation (30 days) are considered effective for the investigation and control of suspected and confirmed RVF outbreaks, as well as the size of protection and surveillance zone of 20 and 50 km, respectively, which are assessed as sufficient to contain disease transmission with at least 95% probability.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
636 - Explotació i cria d'animals. Cria del bestiar i d'animals domèstics
Pages
85
Publisher
Wiley Open Access
Is part of
EFSA Journal
Citation
Nielsen, Søren Saxmose, Julio Alvarez, Dominique Joseph Bicout, Paolo Calistri, Elisabetta Canali, Julian Ashley Drewe, and Bruno Garin‐Bastuji et al. 2022. "Assessment Of The Control Measures Of The Category A Diseases Of Animal Health Law: Rift Valley Fever". EFSA Journal 20 (1). doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7070.
Program
Benestar Animal
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