2.Additional criteria for the decision to introduce emergency vaccinationU.K.
| a 24/48 hours rule means: (a) infected herds on holdings referred to in Article 10 cannot be stamped out within 24 hours after the confirmation of the disease, and (b) the pre-emptive killing of animals likely to be infected or contaminated cannot be safely carried out within less than 48 hours. | ||
| Criteria | Decision | |
|---|---|---|
| For vaccination | Against vaccination | |
| Acceptance of regionalisation by third countries | known | unknown |
| Economic assessment of competing control strategies | If it is foreseeable that a control strategy without emergency vaccination would lead to significantly higher economic losses in the agricultural and non-agricultural sectors | If it is foreseeable that a control strategy with emergency vaccination would lead to significantly higher economic losses in the agricultural and non-agricultural sectors |
| It is foreseeable that the 24/48 hours rule cannot be implemented effectively for two consecutive daysa | Yes | No |
| Significant social and psychological impact of total stamping out policy | Yes | No |
| Existence of large holdings of intensive livestock production in a non-densely populated livestock area | Yes | No |