EFSA Journal (Oct 2023)

Assessment of listing and categorisation of animal diseases within the framework of the Animal Health Law (Regulation (EU) 2016/429): Bacterial kidney disease (BKD)

  • EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW),
  • Søren Saxmose Nielsen,
  • Julio Alvarez,
  • Paolo Calistri,
  • Elisabetta Canali,
  • Julian Ashley Drewe,
  • Bruno Garin‐Bastuji,
  • José Luis Gonzales Rojas,
  • Christian Gortázar,
  • Mette S Herskin,
  • Virginie Michel,
  • Miguel Ángel Miranda Chueca,
  • Barbara Padalino,
  • Helen Clare Roberts,
  • Hans Spoolder,
  • Karl Ståhl,
  • Antonio Velarde,
  • Arvo Viltrop,
  • Christoph Winckler,
  • James Bron,
  • Niels Jorgen Olesen,
  • Hilde Sindre,
  • David Stone,
  • Niccolò Vendramin,
  • Sotiria Eleni Antoniou,
  • Inma Aznar,
  • Alexandra Papanikolaou,
  • Anna Eleonora Karagianni,
  • Dominique Joseph Bicout

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8326
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 10
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract Bacterial kidney disease (BKD) was assessed according to the criteria of the Animal Health Law (AHL), in particular the criteria of Article 7 on disease profile and impacts, Article 5 on its eligibility to be listed, Annex IV for its categorisation according to disease prevention and control rules as laid out in Article 9 and Article 8 for listing animal species related to BKD. The assessment was performed following the ad hoc method on data collection and assessment developed by AHAW Panel and already published. The outcome reported is the median of the probability ranges provided by the experts, which indicates whether each criterion is fulfilled (lower bound ≥ 66%) or not (upper bound ≤ 33%), or whether there is uncertainty about fulfilment. Reasoning points are reported for criteria with an uncertain outcome. According to this assessment, BKD can be considered eligible to be listed for Union intervention according to Article 5 of the AHL (66–90% probability). According to the criteria in Annex IV, for the purpose of categorisation related to the level of prevention and control as in Article 9 of the AHL, the AHAW Panel concluded that BKD does not meet the criteria in Sections 1, 2 and 3 (Categories A, B and C; 1–5%, 33–66% and 33–66% probability of meeting the criteria, respectively) but meets the criteria in Sections 4 and 5 (Categories D and E; 66–90% and 66–90% probability of meeting the criteria, respectively). The animal species to be listed for BKD according to Article 8 criteria are provided.

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