Division 2.1 CHECKING OF RECORDS AND CLINICAL EXAMINATIONS

Each inspection of a farm or mollusc farming area should consist of an analysis of the records provided for in F1regulations 6(2) and 7(2) of the Aquatic Animal Health Regulations, with particular attention being paid to the mortality records, in order to enable an assessment to be made of the health status track-record of the farm or mollusc farming area.

A representative selection of all epidemiological units should be inspected.

If available, a representative selection of recently dead and moribund aquaculture animals should be examined clinically, both externally and internally, for major pathological changes. That examination should, in particular, aim at detecting any infection with a disease listed in F2Annex 1A to Regulation 1251/2008 (a listed disease).

If the outcome of that examination leads to any suspicion of the presence of such a disease, the aquaculture animals in the farm or mollusc farming area should be subjected to laboratory examination.

Detailed rules on actions to be taken in cases of suspicion and/or confirmation of a listed disease are laid down in F3Part 4 of the Aquatic Animal Health Regulations.