1. AVIAN INFLUENZA

Article 10.4.1. General provisions For the purposes of international trade, avian influenza in its notifiable form (NAI) is defined as an infection of poultry caused by any influenza A virus of the H5 or H7 subtypes or by any AI virus with an...

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2. AVIAN INFECTIOUS LARYNGOTRACHEITIS

Article 10.3.1. General provisions For the purposes of the Terrestrial Code, the incubation period for avian infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) shall be 14 days (chronic carriers occur). Standards for diagnostic tests and vaccines are described in...

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3. AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS

Article 10.2.1. General provisions For the purposes of the Terrestrial Code, the incubation period for avian infectious bronchitis shall be 50 days. Standards for diagnostic tests and vaccines are described in the Terrestrial Manual.

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4. AVIAN CHLAMYDIOSIS

Article 10.1.1. General provisions Standards for diagnostic tests are described in the Terrestrial Manual.

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5. AUJESZKY'S DISEASE

Article 8.2.1. General provisions The Aujeszky's disease (AD) free or provisionally free status of a country or zone can only be determined if the following conditions are fulfilled: a risk assessment has been conducted identifying all potential...

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6. ATROPHIC RHINITIS OF SWINE

Article 15.2.1. General provisions Standards for diagnostic tests are described in the Terrestrial Manual.

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7. ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION

COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OFBOVINE, SMALL RUMINANT AND PORCINE SEMEN Article 4.5.1. General considerations The purposes of official sanitary control of semen production are to: maintain the health of animals on an artificial insemination centre at...

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8. ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE

HARMONISATION OFNATIONAL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING PROGRAMMES Article 6.8.1. Objective This chapter provides criteria for the: development of national antimicrobial resistance surveillance and monitoring programmes,...

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9. ANTHRAX

Article 8.1.1. General provisions There is no evidence that anthrax is transmitted by animals before the onset of clinical and pathological signs. Early detection of outbreaks, quarantine of affected premises, destruction of diseased animals and...

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10. ANIMAL WELFARE

INTRODUCTION TO THE RECOMMENDATIONSFOR ANIMAL WELFARE Article 7.1.1. Animal welfare means how an animal is coping with the conditions in which it lives. An animal is in a good state of welfare if (as indicated by scientific evidence) it is healthy,...

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