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Assessment of listing and categorisation of animal diseases within the framework of the Animal Health Law (Regulation (EU) No 2016/429): antimicrobial-resistant Enterococcus cecorum in poultry
(Wiley Open Access, 2022-02-25)
Enterococcus cecorum (E. cecorum) was identified among the most relevant antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria in the EU for poultry in a previous scientific opinion. Thus, it has been assessed according ...
Assessment of animal diseases caused by bacteria resistant to antimicrobials: Swine
(Wiley Open Access, 2021-12-24)
In this opinion, the antimicrobial-resistant bacteria responsible for transmissible diseases that constitute a threat to the health of pigs have been assessed. The assessment has been performed following ...
Risk of survival, establishment and spread of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) in the EU
(Wiley, 2018-04-30)
Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) is an emerging fungal pathogen of salamanders. Despite limited surveillance, Bsal was detected in kept salamanders populations in Belgium, Germany, Spain, the ...
Welfare of pigs at slaughter
(Wiley, 2020-06-17)
The killing of pigs for human consumption (slaughtering) can take place in a slaughterhouse or on
farm. The processes of slaughtering that were assessed for welfare, from the arrival of pigs until ...
Assessment of animal diseases caused by bacteria resistant to antimicrobials: rabbits
(Wiley Open Access, 2021-12-23)
In this opinion, the antimicrobial-resistant bacteria responsible for transmissible diseases that constitute a threat to the health of farmed rabbits have been assessed. The assessment has been performed ...
ASF Exit Strategy: Providing cumulative evidence of the absence of African swine fever virus circulation in wild boar populations using standard surveillance measures
(Wiley Open Access, 2021-03-03)
EFSA assessed the role of seropositive wild boar in African swine fever (ASF) persistence. Surveillance data from Estonia and Latvia investigated with a generalised equation method demonstrated a ...
Scientific opinion concerning the killing of rabbits for purposes other than slaughter
(Wiley, 2020-01-10)
Rabbits of different ages may have to be killed on-farm for purposes other than slaughter (where
slaughter is defined as killing for human consumption) either individually or on a large scale (e.g. ...
Research priorities to fill knowledge gaps in the control of African swine fever: possible transmission of African swine fever virus by vectors
(Wiley Open Access, 2021-06-21)
The European Commission requested that EFSA provide study designs for the investigation of four research domains according to major gaps in knowledge identified by EFSA in a report published in 2019: ...
Assessment of listing and categorisation of animal diseases within the framework of the Animal Health Law (Regulation (EU) No 2016/429): antimicrobial-resistant Brachyspira hyodysenteriae in swine
(Wiley Open Access, 2022-03-15)
Brachyspira hyodysenteriae (B. hyodysenteriae) was identified among the most relevant antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria in the EU for swine in a previous scientific opinion. Thus, it has been ...
Research objectives to fill knowledge gaps in African swine fever virus survival in the environment and carcasses, which could improve the control of African swine fever virus in wild boar populations
(Wiley Open Access, 2021-06-21)
The European Commission requested that EFSA provide study designs for the investigation of four research domains according to major gaps in knowledge identified by EFSA in a report published in 2019: ...