Annex DIAGNOSTIC MANUAL FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA

United Kingdom

1. IIntroduction, objectives and definitions
2. IIDescription of AI with emphasis on differential diagnosis
3. IIIGuidelines to be considered in the case of suspicion of AI on a holding
4. IVGeneral procedures for the collection and transport of samples
5. VDiagnostic virological tests and evaluation of results
6. VIMolecular tests and evaluation of results
7. VIIIn vivo pathogenicity test and the evaluation of results
8. VIIISerological tests and evaluation of results
9. IXMonitoring systems associated with vaccination
10. XStrategies in the diagnosis of AI
11. XIDiagnosis of infection with AI viruses in pigs and other mammals
12. XIIMinimum safety requirements for the transport of samples
13. XIIIDispatch of viruses and samples to the Weybridge laboratory
14. XIVMinimum safety requirements for an AI diagnostic laboratory