# Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EEC, Article 18: Census and visits by the official veterinarian and surveillance

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

The competent authority shall ensure that the following measures are applied in protection zones:
(a) a census of all the holdings is made as soon as possible;
(b) all commercial holdings are visited by an official veterinarian as soon as possible for a clinical examination of the poultry and other captive birds and, if necessary, the collection of samples for laboratory tests in accordance with the diagnostic manual; a record of such visits and the findings thereof shall be kept; non-commercial holdings are visited by an official veterinarian before the lifting of the protection zone;
(c) additional surveillance is immediately implemented in accordance with the diagnostic manual in order to identify any further spread of avian influenza in the holdings located in the protection zone.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2005/94/article/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-94/article-18
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