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|ASEAN CRITERIA FOR ACCREDITATION OF LIVESTOCK ESTABLISHMENT |
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|CATTLE AND BUFFALOES |
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|L i v e s t o c k P u b l i c a t i o n S e r i e s No.3C |
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CONTENT
PREAMBLE
A. SCOPE
B. DEFINITION
SPECIFICATION
Species
Animal Health Situation In The Country/Region/Area
Veterinary Public Health Status In Country/Region/Area
Inspection System
Infrastructure And Facilities
Biosecurity Measures
Monitoring And Surveillance Programmes For Disease Control
Good Animal Husbandry Practice
Laboratory Testing
Quality Assurance Programme
Staff Competence
Product Identification And Traceback Mechanism
ASEAN CRITERIA FOR ACCREDITATION OF LIVESTOCK ESTABLISHMENT
(CATTLE AND BUFFALOES FOR BREEDING (
PREAMBLE
This criteria is prepared as a guideline protocol for the competent authority of ASEAN member countries for the accreditation of livestock establishment for cattle and buffaloes for breeding purposes.
SCOPE
This criteria shall apply to livestock establishment for farm where cattle and buffaloes are reared or kept for breeding.
DEFINITION
“Animals” means cattle and buffaloes.
“Animal health situation” means animal disease situation of a country with respect to animal species concerned.
“Case” means an individual animal affected by an infectious
or parasitic disease.
“Competent authority” means the Government Veterinary Services of the country having the responsibility and competence for ensuring or supervision the implementation of animal health measures recommended in this criteria.
“Disinfection” means the operation, after thorough cleansing, destined to destroy the infectious or parasitic agents of animal diseases, including zoonoses using the approved chemical agents and/or physical methods.
“Establishment” means the premise or farm where animals are reared or kept and should be registered with or under supervision of the competent authority of the country.
“Free zone” means a clearly defined area or territory within a country in which no case of a disease concerned has been reported or occurred during the specified period or period stated for such disease according to the OIE Standards and within which official veterinary control is effectively applied for animals and animal products, and their transportation.
“FMD free zone” means a clearly defined area or territory within the country in which no case of FMD has been reported or occurred for a specified period recognised by ASEAN and/or OIE.
“Laboratory” means a properly equipped institution staffed by technically competent personnel under the control of a specialist in veterinary diagnostic methods, who is responsible for the validity of the results. The competent authority approves and monitors such laboratories with regard to diagnostic tests required for international trade.
“Monitoring” means activity constitutes on-going programmes directed at the detection of changes in the prevalence of disease in a given population and in its environment.
“OIE Animal disease List A and List B” means the List of transmissible diseases that are set out in the OIE International Animal Health Code.
“Quarantine” means all measures relating to the entry and detention of animals in the quarantine establishment, including controlling their movement to and from this establishment and activities rendered to ensure the disease free status of the animals.
“Quarantine establishment” means a building or collection of buildings where animals are maintained in complete isolation, with no direct contact with other animals, in order to undergo observation for specified period and to be subjected to various control tests and treatment so that the veterinary authority may assure that they are free and not affected with certain disease.
“Surveillance” means the continuous investigation of a given population to detect the occurrence of disease for control purposes, which may involve testing of a part of the population.
“Vehicle” means any method of transport by land, air or water.
D. SPECIFICATION
1. Species
Cattle and buffaloes.
2. Animal health situation in the country/region/area
2.1 Cattle diseases of concern
2.1.1 OIE Animal Disease List A
2,1.1.1 Foot and mouth disease
2.1.1.2 Vesicular stomatitis
2.1.1.3 Rinderpest
2.1.1.4 Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
2.1.1.5 Bluetongue
2.1.1.6 Rift Valley fever
2.1.1.7 Lumpy skin disease
2.1.2 OIE List B Diseases
2.1.2.1 Bovine brucellosis
2.1.2.2 Bovine genital campylobacteriosis
2.1.2.3 Bovine tuberculosis
2.1.2.4 Enzootic bovine leukosis
2.1.2.5 Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/Infectious pustular vulvovaginitis
2.1.2.6 Trichomoniasis
2.1.2.7 Anaplasmosis
2.1.2.8 Babesiosis
2.1.2.9 Cysticercosis
2.1.2.10 Dermatophilosis
2.1.2.11 Theileriosis
2.1.2.12 Haemorrhagic septicemia
2.1.2.13 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
2.1.2.14 Anthrax
2.1.2.15 Paratuberculosis
2.1.3 Other Diseases
2.1.3.1 Q Fever
2.1.3.2 Bovine viral diarrhea/Mucosal disease
2.1.3.3 Mycoplasmosis
2.1.3.4 Trypanosomiasis
2.1.3.5 Blackleg
2.2 The establishment should fulfill the following criteria on animal health status as follows:
2.2.1 it should be in a country which is free from Rinderpest, Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP), Lumpy Skin Disease, Rift Valley Fever, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).
2.2.2 it should be located in Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) free zone.
2.2.3 it should be located in an area where no clinical signs or other evidence of Bovine Malignant Catarrh, Anthrax and Paratuberculosis Disease has been diagnosed in the area 6 months prior to consideration of accreditation and subsequently in the 6 months prior to the export.
2.2.4 it should be located in an area where no clinical signs or other evidence of Bovine Ephemeral Fever, Vesicular Stomatitis, Bluetongue, Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Theileriosis, Trypanosomiasis was found 12 months prior to consideration of accreditation and subsequently in the 12 months prior to the export.
2.2.5 it should be free from tuberculosis and brucellosis at least 1 year prior to accreditation.
2.2.6 the animals in the establishment should be tested negative to leptospirosis, bluetongue, enzootic bovine leukosis, bovine viral diarrhea/mucosal disease prior to export.
3. Veterinary public health status in the country/region/area.
3.1 The animal for breeding should come from accredited establishment which meet the veterinary requirements as stated in para 2.2 .
4. Inspection system
4.1 The establishment must implement a documented inspection system at critical points of the production process to monitor the cattle diseases to the satisfaction of the competent authority, so as to ensure that the animal health and veterinary public health criteria for accreditation of the establishment are maintained.
4.2 The documented inspection system should be carried out under the supervision of a registered veterinarian of the country.
4.3 Accredited establishments will be assigned an establishment code by the competent authority.
5. Infrastructure and facilities
5.1 The establishment must be located at least 5 km radius away from slaughter houses and/or livestock markets.
5.2 The establishment must be completely fenced and easily identifiable.
5.3 Entry points into the establishment should be kept to a minimum and measures for restricting entry of visitors and vehicles should be available at each entry point of the establishment.
5.4 The establishment should have access to a continuous supply of adequate electrical power, potable water, proper drainage and good access roads within the establishment.
5.5 The establishment rearing breeding animals should have:
5.5.1 A reception area to receive visitors and vehicles. The production area should be segregated from the reception area by internal fencing and should not be accessible to visitors or outside vehicles without going through appropriate biosanitation measures.
5.5.2 Proper facilities for storage and delivery of feed, chemicals and equipment.
5.5.3 Supply of potable water for the cattle.
5.5.4 Facilities to allow the proper disposal of solid and liquid waste.
5.5.5 Proper loading/unloading ramp to prevent the access of vehicle from outside.
6. Biosecurity measures
6.1 The establishment should have vehicle and personnel disinfection facilities at critical points of entry into the establishment and production area.
6.2 Farm apparels, footwear and footbath shall be provided for authorized personnel and farm workers to the production areas.
6.3 The establishment should have a system for on-farm quarantine of replacement animal on arrival for a period of 3 weeks. During quarantine period, there should be a system for disease monitoring.
7. Monitoring and surveillance programmes for disease control
1. The establishment should implement a documented disease surveillance programmes which as a minimum comprise of surveillance of Bovine brucellosis, Bovine tuberculosis, Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/Infectious pustular valvovaginitis, Bovine genital campylobacteriosis, Trichomoniasis, Foot and mouth disease,
7.2 The documentation system should be carried out under the supervision of a registered veterinarian of the country.
8. Good Animal Husbandry Practice
8.1 Hygiene rules must be drawn up by the management of the
establishment.
8.2 Personnel must wear appropriate working clothing and visitors be provided with protective clothing.
8.3 In the case of establishment for breeding animals :-
8.3.1 It must have a farm recording system kept for each herd which shows;
1. arrival and departure,
2. production performance,
3. drugs and vaccines used,
4. any laboratory tests and the results there of,
5. the place of origin of the breeding animals,
6. the destination of the breeding animals.
These record should be kept for at least 1 year after the removal of the herd.
8.3.2 The animals should be vaccinated using only approved vaccines under the ASEAN Standards of Animal Vaccines if required.
8.3.3 A system for immediate removal of dead animals which should be properly disposed of in a manner acceptable to the competent authority.
8.3.4 The establishment should have a system for immediate removal of sick animals for treatment or slaughter in a manner acceptable to the competent authority.
8.3.5 The replacement animals must be sourced from an accredited establishment or an establishment which complies with the same criteria standards.
8.3.6 No other animals are allowed to be reared or kept in the establishment.
8.3.7 Compounded animal feed must derived from approved sources. Feed ration used shall not contain microbial contaminants, growth promoters, chemicals, drugs, mycotoxins above level acceptable to the competent authority. Meat and bone meal of mammalian origin are not permitted to be used in the feed ration.
8.3.8 Animals should be kept since birth or at least 6 months prior to export in the accredited establishment.
8.3.9 Animals should be kept at the appropriate stocking density for the rearing system used.
8.4 The owner and/or manager of the establishment must notify the competent authority of any signs suggesting the presence of any infectious animal disease.
8.5 Buildings, facilities and equipment should be well maintained and kept in good condition.
9. Laboratory Testing
9.1 All samples should be tested at an approved laboratory.
10. Quality Assurance Programme (QAP)
10.1 The establishment must have a documented quality assurance programme which have been approved by the competent authority.
10.2 The establishment should provide staff or employees adequate training programme to enable them to meet the requirements of QAP.
3. The establishment should use properly labeled chemicals, pharmaceuticals and biologics which are registered for veterinary use only. Accurate records should be maintained of all chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and biologics used and where and how they were disposed of. Staff must carefully read and follow directions for use.
11. Staff competence
11.1 The establishment should employ suitably qualified and/or experienced personnel in animal management and breeding. It must also have access to the services of the registered veterinarian.
11.2 The establishment should provide a documented training programme for staff on animal breeding/production and disease prevention and control.
12. Product Identification and Trace back Mechanism
12.1 The establishment should implement a product identification system which would identify: Identification of animals (official marking, ear tag, microchip implant, breed, sex, age and quantity) :-
12.1.2 Origin of animals
i. Country of origin
ii. Name and address of exporter
iii. Place of origin
iv. Establishment code number
12.1.3 Destination of animals
i. Country of destination
ii. Name and address of consignee
iii. Means of transport
iv. Date of shipment
12.1.4 Animal health certification issuing by the competent authority.
12.1.5 Sanitary information.
12.1.6 Details of the competent authority permitting the export.
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