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

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  • EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare
  • Simon J. More
  • Anette Bøtner
  • Andrew Butterworth
  • Paolo Calistri
  • Klaus Depner
  • Sandra Edwards
  • Bruno Garin-Bastuji
  • Margaret Good
  • Christian Gortazar Schmidt
  • Virginie Michel
  • Miguel Angel Miranda
  • Mohan Raj
  • Liisa Sihvonen
  • Hans Spoolder
  • Jan Arend Stegeman
  • Hans-Hermann Thulke
  • Antonio Velarde
  • Preben Willeberg
  • Christoph Winckler
  • Francesca Baldinelli
  • Alessandro Broglia
  • Gabriele Zancanaro
  • Beatriz Beltran-Beck
  • Lisa Kohnle
  • Joana Morgado
  • Dominique Bicout
Paratuberculosis 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 paratuberculosis to be listed, Article 9 for the categorisation of paratuberculosis according to disease prevention and control rules as in Annex IV and Article 8 on the list of animal species related to paratuberculosis. 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, paratuberculosis 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 in Sections 3, 4 and 5 of Annex IV of the AHL, for the application of the disease prevention and control rules referred to in points (c), (d) and (e) of Article 9(1). The animal species to be listed for paratuberculosis according to Article 8(3) criteria are several species of mammals and birds as susceptible species and some species of the families Bovidae, Cervidae and Leporidae as reservoirs.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere04960
JournalE F S A Journal
Volume15
Issue number7
Number of pages47
ISSN1831-4732
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

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