ANNEX II U.K. Information to be transmitted by the Member States to the BT-Net system (referred to in Article 5(2))

The information to be transmitted by the Member States to the BT-Net system shall include at least the following:

1. Bluetongue serological/virological data U.K.

(a)

Administrative division/unit

(b)

Animal species tested

(c)

Type of surveillance system scheme (sentinel system or periodical survey)

(d)

Type of diagnostic tests performed (ELISA, Serum-neutralisation, PCR, virus isolation)

(e)

Month and year

(f)

Number of tested animals(1)

(g)

Number of positive animals

(h)

Serotype serologically or virologically determined (data to be provided in case of positive results to serum-neutralization or virus isolation tests)

2. Bluetongue entomological data U.K.

(a)

Administrative division

(b)

Site unique identity (a unique code for each trapping site)

(c)

Collection date

(d)

Latitude and longitude

(e)

Total number of Culicoides spp. collected

(f)

Number of C. imicola collected, if available

(g)

Number of C. obsoletus Complex collected, if available

(h)

Number of C. obsoletus sensu strictu collected, if available

(i)

Number of C. scoticus collected, if available

(j)

Number of C. Pulicaris Complex collected, if available

(k)

Number of C. Nubeculosus complex collected, if available

(l)

Number of C. dewulfii collected, if available

(m)

Other relevant data

3. Bluetongue vaccination data U.K.

(a)

Administrative division

(b)

Year/semester

(c)

Type of vaccine

(d)

Serotype combination

(e)

Animal species vaccinated

(f)

Total number of herds in the Member State

(g)

Total number of animals in the Member State

(h)

Total number of herds under the vaccination programme

(i)

Total number of animals under the vaccination programme

(j)

Total number of herds vaccinated

(k)

Number of animals vaccinated (where the vaccination type is vaccination of young animals)

(l)

Number of young animals vaccinated (where the vaccination type is mass vaccination)

(m)

Number of adults vaccinated (where the vaccination type is mass vaccination)

(n)

Doses of vaccine administered.

(1)

If pools of sera are used, an estimation of the number of animals corresponding to the pools tested must be reported.