SERO-SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME FOR FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE
Objective
The sero-surveillance programme referred to in Article 1 (1) has the objective:
- to assess the level and geographical distribution of antibodies linked to vaccines used and to field virus,
- to confirm that foot-and-mouth disease is under control in selected areas of Albania, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Furthermore, it has the objective to validate a newly-developed laboratory test designed to differentiate antibodies to foot-and-mouth disease virus caused by field virus infection or as a result of vaccination.
Design of sero-surveillance programme
The sero-surveillance programme is designed to detect the presence of antibodies to foot-and-mouth disease virus type A22 produced by field virus and vaccine virus, respectively. The programme takes into account that due to the applied husbandry system a village may be considered as one epidemiological unit. In areas close to a confirmed outbreak, the programme should be designed so as to detect antibodies at 5 % prevalence with a 95 % level of confidence.
The implementation of the programme shall be based on a close cooperation between:
(a) the veterinary central administration of Albania and the national foot-and-mouth disease laboratory in Italy.
About 2 380 blood samples shall be collected from animals (cattle, sheep and goats) kept in 11 different districts in Albania and sent to Italy for laboratory examination;
(b) the veterinary central administration of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the national foot-and-mouth disease laboratory in Denmark.
About 7 460 blood samples shall be collected from animals (cattle, sheep, goats and pigs) kept in 29 different districts in to Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and sent to Denmark for laboratory examination;
(c) the veterinary central administration of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the national foot-and-mouth disease laboratory of the United Kingdom.
About 6 420 blood samples shall be collected from animals (cattle, sheep, goats and pigs) kept in 37 different communities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and sent to the United Kingdom for laboratory examination.
The national foot-and-mouth disease laboratories mentioned under (a), (b) and (c) shall
- inform the Commission about the date laboratory examinations will commence on samples obtained from the areas included in the sero-surveillance programme,
- prepare and submit a report on the work carried out to the Commission. The report shall contain an epidemiological analysis of data obtained during the implementation of the sero-surveillance programme. The report shall be submitted to the Commission not later than four months after the date laboratory examinations were commenced.
ANNEX II
National laboratories authorized to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus in accordance with the provisions of Council Directive 85/511/EEC and agreed to participate in the implementation of the sero-surveillance programme referred to in Article 1 (1)
1. Instituto Zooprofilattico Spesimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna, Brescia, Italy;
2. Statens Veterinaere Institut for Virusforskning, Lindholm, Denmark;
3. Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom.
ANNEX III
IMPLEMENTATION OF SERO-SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME FOR ANTIBODIES TO FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS
CHAPTER A Sero-surveillance programme, Albania
Instituto Zooprofilattico Spesimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia, Romagna, Brescia, Italy will carry out the following actions in relation to laboratory examinations of a maximum of 2 500 blood samples originating from Albania.
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CHAPTER B Sero-surveillance programme, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Statens Veterinaere Institut for Virusforskning, Lindholm, Denmark will carry out the following actions in relation to laboratory examinations of a maximum of 7 500 blood samples originating in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
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CHAPTER C Sero-surveillance programme, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, UK will carry out the following actions in relation to laboratory examinations of a maximum of 6 500 blood samples originating from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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CHAPTER D Reimbursement of expenditures
Expenditures mentioned in chapters A, B and C will be reimbursed as follows:
(a) Actions I to IV: The relevant documentation (invoices) will be communicated to the Commission.
(b) Action V: Financial participation calculated on the basis of the number of tests performed.
The unit price per tests is for:
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(c) Action VI: Financial participation calculated on the basis of the number of samples (ECU 100/500 samples) and geographical areas (districts or communities) investigated (20 ECU/one geographical area).
