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 Dorset, January 2008 Bluetongue latest situation - Information on the situation in South East England, (September 2007, ongoing) Foot and Mouth Disease latest situation - Information on the situation in Surrey, August/September 2007 |
26 February 2008 - News release: Animal Health launches news alert service. Further information about the Animal Health Disease Alert Service. News release: National Livestock Markets Roadshow 2008.
1 February 2008 - News release: Legislation introduced for Salmonella National Control Programme.
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.
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