Annex V Main criteria and risk factors to be considered for the decision to kill pigs in contact holdings

United Kingdom

Criteria	Decision
In case of areas with a very high density of pigs, a longer distance must be considered.
Criteria	For killing	Against killing
Clinical signs suggesting classical swine fever in the contact holdings	Yes	No
Movements of pigs from the outbreak to contact holdings after the likely time of introduction of virus in the infected holding	Yes	No
Location of contact holdings in an area with a high density of pigs	Yes	No
Likely spreading of virus from the outbreak before application of eradication measures	Massive/unknown	Limited
Location of contact holdings within 500 metres^f1 from the outbreak	Yes	No
Proximity of contact holdings to more than one outbreak	Yes	No
Number of pigs in the outbreak and/or in contact holdings	High	Low

Annotations

f1: In case of areas with a very high density of pigs, a longer distance must be considered.