# Commission Decision of 4 August 2006 approving a Diagnostic Manual for avian influenza as provided for in Council Directive 2005/94/EC (notified under document number C(2006) 3477) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/437/EC), Division 4: The confirmation of AI in poultry and other captive birds must be in accordance with the procedures, sampling methods and criteria for the evaluation of the results of laboratory tests set out in this diagnostic manual, and be based on one or more of the criteria in points (a), (b) and (c):

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a)the detection of infectious virus, antigen or specific genetic material in samples of poultry or other birds' tissues, organs, blood or excreta;
(b)the detection of clinical signs and post-mortem lesions of disease in those birds;
(c)the demonstration of a specific antibody response in blood samples of those birds.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/437/annex/chapter/I/division/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-437/annex/chapter-I/division-4
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