Assessment of listing and categorisation of animal diseases within the framework of the Animal Health Law (Regulation (EU) No 2016/429): low pathogenic avian influenza
2017
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) | Simon More | Anette Bøtner | Andrew Butterworth | Paolo Calistri | Klaus Depner | Sandra Edwards | Bruno Garin‐Bastuji | Margaret Good | Christian Gortázar Schmidt | Virginie Michel | Miguel Angel Miranda | Søren Saxmose Nielsen | Mohan Raj | Liisa Sihvonen | Hans Spoolder | Jan Arend Stegeman | Hans‐Hermann Thulke | Antonio Velarde | Preben Willeberg | Christoph Winckler | Francesca Baldinelli | Alessandro Broglia | Frank Verdonck | Beatriz Beltrán Beck | Lisa Kohnle | Joana Morgado | Dominique Bicout
Abstract Low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) has been assessed according to the criteria of the Animal Health Law (AHL), in particular criteria of Article 7 on disease profile and impacts, Article 5 on the eligibility of LPAI to be listed, Article 9 for the categorisation of LPAI according to disease prevention and control rules as in Annex IV and Article 8 on the list of animal species related to LPAI. The assessment has been performed following a methodology composed of information collection and compilation, expert judgement on each criterion at individual and, if no consensus was reached before, also at collective levels. The output is composed of the categorical answer, and for the questions where no consensus was reached, the different supporting views are reported. Details on the methodology used for this assessment are explained in a separate opinion. According to the assessment performed, LPAI can be considered eligible to be listed for Union intervention as laid down in Article 5(3) of the AHL. The disease would comply with the criteria as in Sections 3 and 5 of Annex IV of the AHL, for the application of the disease prevention and control rules referred to in points (c) and (e) of Article 9(1). The animal species to be listed for LPAI according to Article 8(3) criteria are all species of domestic poultry and wild species of mainly Anseriformes and Charadriiformes, as indicated in the present opinion.
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