Overview of cattle diseases listed under category C, D or E in the Animal Health Law (AHL) for which control programmes are in place within Europe

Jaka Jakob Hodnik*, Žaklin Acinger-Rogić , Mentor Alishani, Tiina Autio, Ana Balseiro, JAB Berezowski, Luís Pedro Carmo, Ilias Chaligiannis, Beate Conrady, Lina Costa, Iskra Cvetkovikj, Ivana Davidov, Marc Dispas, Igor Djadjovski, Elsa L. Duarte, Céline Faverjon, Christine Fourichon, J. Frössling, Anton Gerilovych, Jörn GethmannJacinto Gomes, David A Graham, Maria Guelbenzu Gonzalo, GJ Gunn, MK Henry, Petter Hopp, Hans Houe, Elena Irimia, Jožica Ježek, Ramon Juste, Emmanouil Kalaitzakis, Jasmeet Kaler, Selçuk Kaplan, Polychronis Kostoulas, Kaspars Kovalenko, Nada Knezevic, Tanja Knific, Xhelil Koleci, Aurélien Madouasse, Alvydas Sciences, René Mandelík, Eleftherios Meletis, Madalina Mincu, Kerli Mõtus, Violeta Munoz-Gomez, Mihaela Niculae, Matjaz Ocepek, Marie Opsal Tangen, László Ózsvári, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Theofilos Papadopoulos, Sinikka Pelkonen, Mirosław Paweł Polak, Nicola Pozzato, Eglė Rapaliute, Stefaan Ribbens, João José Rato Niza-Ribeiro, Liza Rosenbaum-Nielsen, Jose Luis Sáez, Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Gerdien van Schaik, Ebba Schwan, Blagica Sekovska, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University Ljubljana, Sam Strain, Petr Satran, Sabina Seric Haracic, Lena-Mari Tamminen, Hans H Thulke, Ivan Toplak, Erja Tuunainen, Sharon Verner, Stefan Vilcek, Ramazan Yildiz, Inge MGA Santman-Berends

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Abstract

The COST action “Standardizing output-based surveillance to control non-regulated diseases of cattle in the European Union (SOUND control)”, aims to harmonize the results of surveillance and control programmes (CPs) for non-EU regulated cattle diseases to facilitate safe trade and improve overall control of cattle infectious diseases. In this paper we aimed to provide an overview on the diversity of control for these diseases in Europe. A non-EU regulated cattle disease was defined as an infectious disease of cattle with no or limited control at EU level, which is not included in the European Union Animal health law Categories A or B under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2002. A CP was defined as surveillance and/or intervention strategies designed to lower the incidence, prevalence, mortality or prove freedom from a specific disease in a region or country. Passive surveillance, and active surveillance of breeding bulls under Council Directive 88/407/EEC were not considered as CPs. A questionnaire was designed to obtain country-specific information about CPs for each disease. Animal health experts from 33 European countries completed the questionnaire. Overall, there are 23 diseases for which a CP exists in one or more of the countries studied. The diseases for which CPs exist in the highest number of countries are enzootic bovine leukosis, bluetongue, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, bovine viral diarrhoea and anthrax (CPs reported by between 16 and 31 countries). Every participating country has on average, 6 CPs (min-max: 1-13) in place. Most programmes are implemented at a national level (86%) and are applied to both dairy and non-dairy cattle (75%). Approximately one-third of the CPs are voluntary, and the funding structure is divided between government and private resources. Countries that have eradicated diseases like enzootic bovine leukosis, bluetongue, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis and bovine viral diarrhoea have implemented CPs for other diseases to further improve the
health status of cattle in their country. The control of non-EU regulated cattle diseases is very heterogenous in Europe. Therefore, the standardizing of the outputs of these programmes to enable comparison represents a challenge.
Original languageEnglish
Article number688078
JournalFrontiers in Veterinary Science
Volume8
Early online date30 Jul 2021
DOIs
Publication statusFirst published - 30 Jul 2021

Keywords

  • cattle
  • control programmes
  • disease control
  • Europe
  • output-based standards
  • SOUND control

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