Notification of diseases
There are 3 Statutory Management Requirements (SMRs) relating to notification of diseases:
No.14. Control of foot and mouth disease:
- Any person who has suspected or actual Foot and Mouth infected animal shall notify DARD ‘with all practical speed’.
No.15. Control of certain animal diseases:
Any person who suspects or knows that an animal or carcase is infected with any of the following diseases shall notify DARD ‘with all practical speed’.
- Rinderpest
- Peste des petits ruminants
- Swine vesicular disease
- Epizootic haemorraghic disease of deer
- Sheep and goat pox
- Vesicular stomatitis
- Lumpy skin disease
- Rift valley fever
No.16. Specific provisions for the control and eradication of Bluetongue:
- Any person who has a suspected or actual Bluetongue infected animal shall notify DARD ‘with all practical speed’.