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Part 3 SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL METHODS FOR INFECTIOUS SALMON ANEMIA (ISA)

United Kingdom

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Table 3.A

Surveillance scheme for zones and compartments for the 2-year control period which precedes the achievement of disease-free status for ISA as referred to in point I.2.1

Samples must be collected and stored and examined during two 1 month test periods per year (namely spring and autumn) or when appropriate in accordance with practical considerations.

Maximum number of fish per pool: 5.

Year of surveillanceNumber of health inspections per year (2 years)Number of laboratory examinations per year (2 years)Number of fish to be sampled per year
Year 162f1 2 * 75f2
Year 262 2 * 75

Table 3.B

Surveillance schemes for zones or compartments to maintain disease- free status for ISA as referred to in point I.3f3

Samples must be collected and examined during two 1 month test periods per year (namely spring and autumn) or when appropriate in accordance with practical considerations.

Shall not apply to farms only rearing rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) or brown trout (Salmo trutta) or both and where the water supply is exclusively based on fresh water sources not housing Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

Risk levelNumber of health inspections per yearNumber of laboratory examinations per yearNumber of fish to be sampled per year
High22f4 2 * 30
Medium11 30
Low1 every 2 years1 every 2 years30 every 2 years
  1. IRequirements for surveillance and eradication programmes to obtain and to maintain disease-free health statuses with regard to ISA and to contain infection with HPR deleted ISAV
  2. IIDiagnostic methods and official investigations

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Footnotes

f1

Samples must be collected and stored and examined during two 1 month test periods per year (namely spring and autumn) or when appropriate in accordance with practical considerations.

f2

Maximum number of fish per pool: 5.

f3

Shall not apply to farms only rearing rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) or brown trout (Salmo trutta) or both and where the water supply is exclusively based on fresh water sources not housing Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

f4

Samples must be collected and examined during two 1 month test periods per year (namely spring and autumn) or when appropriate in accordance with practical considerations.