Disease surveillance and control
The disease surveillance and control section of the Defra website gives information about the following:
- Notifiable diseases - are those that must be reported to Defra. These include:
- Avian influenza (Bird flu)
- Bluetongue
- Brucellosis
- BSE
- Classical Swine Fever
- Equine Infectious Anaemia
- Foot and Mouth Disease
- Rabies
- Scrapie
- Swine Vesicular Disease
- Tuberculosis
- Zoonoses - diseases which can spread between vertebrate animals and people.
- Other diseases - diseases which are not notifiable or zoonoses.
- Animal pathogens - organisms and associated derivatives which cause disease.
- Disease control - gives the background information on disease control by Defra and includes advice on biosecurity.
- Veterinary surveillance - covers proposed strategy for enhancing veterinary surveillance in the UK.
- Endemic disease surveillance - provides quarterly surveillance reports of endemic diseases in the UK.
- International disease monitoring - qualitative hazard assessments and reports on major animal exotic disease outbreaks.
- Dog and Cat
Travel And Risk Information (DACTARI) - a scheme to find out about
the occurrence of exotic diseases in dogs and cats in Great Britain.
Latest news
Avian influenza - information on the situation in Suffolk/Norfolk (November 2007) Bluetongue latest situation - Information on the situation in East Anglia, (September 2007, ongoing) Foot and Mouth Disease latest situation - Information on the situation in Surrey, August/September 2007 |
11 December 2007 - News release: Views sought on sharing responsibility and costs for animal health and welfare.
10 December 2007 - Defra publishes amended contingency plan for exotic animal diseases. A news release has been issued.
13 November 2007 - Consultation: On the possible changes of use of personal data held on the GB Poultry Register. The Deadline for responses is 5 February 2008.
6 November 2007 - International Trade - Preliminary Outbreak Assessments: Foot and Mouth Disease – Cyprus and Newcastle disease – Greece, Romania and Estonia.
11 October 2007 - The H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreak, Holton, Suffolk, February 2007, Lessons to be Learned Report and The Role and Responsibilities of the MHS in Animal Disease Outbreaks report have been published. Further information...
28 September 2007 - News release: Bluetongue confirmed as circulating in East Anglia.
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December 12, 2007
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