# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/263 of 14 February 2017 on risk mitigating and reinforced biosecurity measures and early detection systems in relation to the risks posed by wild birds for the transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses to poultry (notified under document C(2017) 765) (Text with EEA relevance), Article 7: Early detection systems in poultry flocks

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

1. Member States shall introduce or reinforce early detection systems aimed at rapid reporting by the owners to the competent authority of any sign of avian influenza in poultry flocks kept on holdings located in high risk areas.
2. The systems referred to in paragraph 1 shall at least consider a significant drop in feed and water intake and in egg production, the observed mortality rate and any clinical sign or post-mortem lesion suggesting HPAI virus presence taking into account a variation of these parameters in different poultry species and production types.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/263/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-263/article-7
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