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Division 8.24 Annex IX — Requirements for movements of poultry or other captive birds and poultry products applicable in relation to emergency vaccination

United Kingdom

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Strict monitoring measures must be applied to the movement of live poultry and other captive birds and their eggs in order to minimise the risk of a further spread of infection of AI.

For that purpose, at the beginning of an emergency vaccination campaign the same monitoring measures must be applied in relation to the movement of live poultry and other captive birds and their eggs in order to minimise the risk of a further spread of AI infection within and out of the vaccination area.

  1. (a)

    Before the first movement within and out of the vaccination area of hatching eggs and table eggs and thereafter at least every 30 days, the official veterinarian must carry out the following measures:

    1. (i)

      a clinical inspection of unvaccinated parent or layer poultry in each production unit, including an evaluation of its clinical history and clinical examinations of the poultry, in particular those that appear sick; the standard samples must be taken from poultry from each production unit; or

    2. (ii)

      a clinical inspection of vaccinated parent or layer poultry in each production unit, including an evaluation of its clinical history and clinical examinations of the sentinel birds present in those flocks; the standard samples must be taken from those sentinel birds.

  2. (b)

    For the movement of live vaccinated poultry or other captive birds to other holdings or for the movement of live vaccinated poultry within and out of the vaccination area, the official veterinarian must carry out the following measures:

    1. (i)

      a check of the production and health records of the holding.

    2. (ii)

      a clinical inspection in each production unit, including an evaluation of its clinical history and clinical examinations of the poultry or other captive birds within 72 hours prior to the time of departure with particular attention to the sentinel birds;

    3. (iii)

      where the results of the checks and clinical inspection and examinations in (i) and (ii) are not satisfactory, the standard samples must be taken from the sentinels; however, where those results are satisfactory, the following samples must be taken from:

      • the vaccinated poultry or other captive birds: at least 20 tracheal/oropharyngeal and 20 cloacal swabs and 20 blood samples for using an appropriate DIVA assay within 72 hours prior to the time of departure, and

      • sentinel birds: 20 tracheal/oropharyngeal and 20 cloacal swabs and 20 blood samples for serology using the HI test prior to the time of departure.