Planning for preparedness: EU perspectives on Avian Influenza, African Swine Fever and Lumpy Skin Disease Workshop "Emergency preparedness for trans-boundary animal diseases": the role of stakeholders 16 May 2017 Andrea Gavinelli, Head of Unit SANTE G3 "Official Controls and eradication of diseases in animals"
Outline Instruments to plan EU actions and resources in crisis preparedness: Animal Health Law Official Controls Regulation Financial framework: the Veterinary programme
Challenges in 2017 Av. flu African Swine F. Lumpy Skin Disease
DG SANTE priorities on animal health policy The EU animal disease management in practice: 1. An efficient network of MS CVOs and SANTE to ensure rapid exchange of information on disease outbreaks including ADNS; 2. Commission use of its powers and adopts emergency measures within few hours resulting in: fewer animals being killed less EU compensation being paid Member States not adopting unilateral measures ensuring: a) Functioning of EU single market b) Solidarity between Member States c) Exports to 3 rd Countries
DG SANTE priorities on animal health policy The new Animal Health Law: 1. Puts emphasis on increased effort to anticipate possible outbreaks of new or exotic diseases in the EU 2. Provides even more solid foundation to ensure that the high levels of protection in the EU 3. EC to deliver on the objectives of this Law: simpler and clearer rules focus on key priorities: preventing and eradicating disease with prioritization by listing and categorizing diseases modern technologies: for surveillance and early detection, electronic identification and it is even more aligned with international standards more flexibility: to adjust rules to local circumstances, and to emerging issues such as climate and social change
SANTE policy addressing animal health challenges The main challenge comes from the nature and scale of food and animal production systems entails inevitable outbreaks of disease which can escalate into crisis with important impacts on health, trade and the economy - Old diseases: ASF (North East & South East) - New/exotic diseases: LSD, PPR - Emerging diseases: MERS CoV, - Vector borne diseases: BT, WNV - Wildlife driven disease: ASF, AI - Aquatic new diseases: Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (of shrimps)
EU main tools for diseases control EU fully harmonised veterinary legislation Specific control Directive Contingency plans Regionalisation policy EU Reference Laboratory diagnostic manual EU co-financing of emergency measures and eradication programmes Enforcement audits The Community Veterinary Emergency Team - CVET Better training for safer food BTSF Scientific advise EFSA scientific opinions International cooperation OIE/FAO GF-TADSs EU research projects - RTD
The work over the next years: implementing AHL and OCR legislation Animal Health Law 2016/ 429 Official Controls Reg. 2017/ 625 drafting tertiary legislation (delegated & implementing acts) Set up the Reference Centre for Animal Welfare By April 2018 April 2021 14.12.2019
A coordinated approach to implement new legislation No of empowerments: No of empowerments legally required and needed for market functioning before application date (14.12.2019) No of expected delegated & implementing acts: Official Controls Regulation 85 37 ~ 22 Animal Health Law 180 62 ~16
Veterinary programme in 2016: summary of allocation Monitoring 0,85% Cleaning desinfection 0,23% Delivery of wild animals 0,02% Other 2,74% Sampling 0,41% Compensation 18,01% Testing 48,42% Slaughtering 4,15% Vaccination 25,15%
Sampling 663.731,17 0,41% Testing 77.680.381,65 48,42% Slaughtering 6.658.530,90 4,15% Vaccination 40.351.083,08 25,15% Compensation 28.884.866,45 18,01% Cleaning desinfection 369.478,95 0,23% Monitoring 1.366.998,39 0,85% Delivery of wild animals 39.864,63 0,02% Other 4.402.680,08 2,74% Total (in 2016) 160.417.615,29 100,00%
2016 Budget allocation per disease (Veterinary programmes) Sheep And Goat Brucellosis (B. Melitensis) 7,98% Transmissible Spongiform African Swine Fever Encephalopathies 4,32% 7,57% Avian Influenza In Poultry And Wild Birds 1,18% Bovine Brucellosis 6,41% Bluetongue In Endemic Or High Risk Areas 4,63% Salmonella 10,77% Rabies 16,43% Bovine Tuberculosis 39,10% Classical Swine Fever 1,60%
DISEASE amount of the Vet. Programme in 2016 African Swine Fever 6.935.966,52 Avian Influenza In Poultry And Wild Birds 1.879.274,04 Bluetongue In Endemic Or High Risk Areas 7.405.856,26 Bovine Brucellosis 10.290.515,67 Bovine Tuberculosis 62.753.327,85 Classical Swine Fever 2.571.002,93 Rabies 26.371.318,83 Salmonella 17.274.846,85 Sheep And Goat Brucellosis (B. Melitensis) 12.803.137,75 Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 12.132.368,60 Total 160.417.615,29
DISEASE INITIAL ALLOCATION - 2017 Vet. Programme African Swine Fever 9.638.000 6,43% Avian Influenza 2.048.000 1,37% Bluetongue 7.997.000 5,34% Bovine Brucellosis 9.556.000 6,38% Bovine Tuberculosis 55.962.000 37,36% Classical Swine Fever 1.967.000 1,31% Rabies 24.955.000 16,66% Salmonella 18.954.000 12,65% Sheep And Goat Brucellosis 9.383.000 6,26% Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 9.329.000 6,23% total 149.789.000 100%
Avian influenza H5
Legislation on Regionalisation First Decision in relation to HPAI H5N8 in Hungary published on 10/11/2016. Decisions shall ensure transparency and safe trade between disease free areas of Member States and to third countries. Establishing areas under restrictions at EU level aims at preventing unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union and to avoid unjustified barriers to trade imposed by third countries. Last consolidated version for all affected Member States and all HPAI subtypes: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/247 + second amendment published on 24/03
African Swine Fever
2014 2017 ASF outbreaks (pigs) and notif. of cases (wild boar) (ADNS data from EE, LV, LT and PL) 350 11 African swine fever in domestic pigs 12 African swine fever in wild boar 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Jan Feb May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 2014 2015 2016 2017
ASF 2016/2017 (ADNS & Empres-i data)
Wild Boar as a risk for farmed pigs No increased hunting with the purpose to reduce the wild boar population, Hunting should be conducted as such to avoid excessive movement of animals. Baiting is allowed (non-sustained feeding, limited food only for attracting wild boar for hunting). Sustained feeding (foraging) is forbidden.
Conclusions - ASF Current regionalisation proving to be effective to anticipate the spread of disease Seasonal pattern of the disease appear both in domestic and wild boars Need for good biosecurity Management of wild boar is a challenge that involves all the actors (not only vets: hunters, tourists )
Lumpy skin disease
LSD zoning - COM. IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2016/2008 Free zones with Vaccination (Part I): Croatia Bulgaria (certain areas in the North and East part) Croatia Infected zones (Part II): Continental Greece (including the island of Limnos) Bulgaria (excluding the ''free with vaccination'' zones Greece Bulgaria Free with Vaccination zone Infected zone LSD outbreaks 2015-Sep 2016 (ADNS)
Commission support against Lumpy Skin Disease EU LSD vaccine bank: 770.000 doses supplied, since its creation, April 2016 (vaccine donations to various EU & non EU Member countries ) EU financial support EU Member countries: Compensation for stamping out EU & non EU Member countries: Compensation for the cost of LSD homologous vaccines purchased and used through national procedures Technical support: CVET (Community Veterinary Emergency Team) + 7 missions so far in various countries Appointment of an EU Reference Laboratory (EURL) for Diseases caused by Capripox viruses (including LSD) CODA CERVA, Belgium, 26 January 2017 International regional coordination for LSD (GF-TADS)
LSD in SE Europe: Priorities in 2017 All countries that vaccinated against LSD in 2016 to repeat vaccination in 2017 as soon as possible (preferably before April 2017) National vaccine procurements are in progress. EU to assist with vaccines from EU LSD vaccine bank + financial support for the national purchase of vaccines (GF TADs teleconference on 23.02.2017). Ongoing selection of the call for tenders (closed 10 April) for the purchase of 2,34 million doses of vaccines for the EU LSD vaccine bank Regional coordination (future GF-TADs meetings)
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