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. 2017 Aug 4;15(8):e04959.
doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4959. eCollection 2017 Aug.

Assessment of listing and categorisation of animal diseases within the framework of the Animal Health Law (Regulation (EU) No 2016/429): bovine tuberculosis

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, Beatriz Beltrán-Beck, Lisa Kohnle, Dominique Bicout

Assessment of listing and categorisation of animal diseases within the framework of the Animal Health Law (Regulation (EU) No 2016/429): bovine tuberculosis

EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) et al. EFSA J. .

Abstract

Bovine tuberculosis 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 bovine tuberculosis to be listed, Article 9 for the categorisation of bovine tuberculosis according to disease prevention and control rules as in Annex IV and Article 8 on the list of animal species related to bovine tuberculosis. 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 level. 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, bovine tuberculosis 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 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Annex IV of the AHL, for the application of the disease prevention and control rules referred to in points (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Article 9(1). The main animal species to be listed for bovine tuberculosis according to Article 8(3) criteria are several mammal species, as indicated in the present opinion.

Keywords: Animal Health Law; Bovine tuberculosis; Categorisation; Listing; M. bovis; Mycobacterium bovis; TB; impact.

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Figures

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Figure 1
Proportion of cattle herds infected with or positive for bovine tuberculosis in 2015 (from EFSA and ECDC (2016))
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Figure 2
Proportion of cattle herds infected with or positive for bovine tuberculosis, in OTF regions, EU, 2010–2015 (EFSA and ECDC, 2016)

  1. OTF: Officially bovine tuberculosis free in cattle.

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Figure 3
Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis test‐positive cattle herds, in non‐OTF regions of six non‐OTF cofinanced Member States, 2004–2015 (EFSA and ECDC, 2016)
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