Commission Decision of 25 June 2010 on the implementation by Member States of surveillance programmes for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds (notified under document C(2010) 4190) (Text with EEA relevance) (2010/367/EU)

3. Target populations U.K.

The sampling of the following poultry species and production categories shall be included in the surveillance programme:

(a)

laying hens;

(b)

free range laying hens;

(c)

chicken breeders;

(d)

turkey breeders;

(e)

duck breeders;

(f)

geese breeders;

(g)

fattening turkeys;

(h)

fattening ducks;

(i)

fattening geese;

(j)

farmed game birds (gallinaceous) focusing on adult birds such as breeding birds;

(k)

farmed game birds (waterfowl);

(l)

ratites.

However, in the following specified exceptional circumstances, the following poultry categories may also be included:

(m)

broilers, but only when: (i) they are kept in significant numbers in free range production and (ii) they are considered to pose a higher risk of infection with avian influenza;

(n)

backyard flocks: they generally play a minor role in virus circulation and spread and sampling them is resource intensive; however, in certain [F1 areas] backyard flocks may pose a higher risk of avian influenza due to their presence in significant numbers, their proximity to commercial poultry holdings, involvement in local/regional trade and other criteria and risk factors as listed in Section 4.1 in particular as regards the species composition.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Annex 1 para. 3(n) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 16(7)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

However, where a well reasoned justification as regards the level of risk is provided for a poultry production category (such as chicken breeders kept under high biosecurity conditions), it may also be omitted from the sampling.