Division MINIMUM INFORMATION FOR DISEASE SURVEILLANCE PROGR (referred to in Article 10)

The submission of a disease surveillance programme must include at least the following information:

1. (a)

   a description of the epidemiological situation of the disease before the date the surveillance programme began to be implemented, and data on the epidemiological evolution of the disease;

2. (b)

   the targeted animal population, epidemiological units and zones of the surveillance programme;

3. (c)

   a description of:

   1. (i)

      the organisation of the competent authority;

   2. (ii)

      how the implementation of the surveillance programme is supervised;

   3. (iii)

      the official controls to be applied during the implementation of the programme;

   4. (iv)

      the role of all relevant operators, animal health professionals, veterinarians, animal health laboratories and other natural or legal person concerned;

4. (d)

   a description and demarcation of the geographical and administrative areas in which the surveillance programme is to be implemented;

5. (e)

   the indicators to measure the progress of the programme;

6. (f)

   the diagnostic methods to be used, the number of samples to be tested, and the frequency of testing and sampling patterns;

7. (g)

   the risk factors to be considered for the design of risk-based targeted surveillance.