Commission Decision of 14 June 2006 concerning certain transitional measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry or other captive birds in the Community (notified under document number C(2006) 2402) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/416/EC)

Article 13 U.K. Census and visits by the official veterinarian and surveillance

The competent authority shall ensure that the following measures are applied in protection zones:

(a)

a census of all the holdings is made as soon as possible;

(b)

all commercial holdings are visited by an official veterinarian as soon as possible for a clinical examination of the poultry and other captive birds and, if necessary, the collection of samples for laboratory tests in accordance with instructions given by the official veterinarian; a record of such visits and the findings thereof shall be kept; non-commercial holdings are visited by an official veterinarian before the lifting of the protection zone;

(c)

additional surveillance is immediately implemented in accordance with instructions given by the official veterinarian in order to identify any further spread of avian influenza in the holdings located in the protection zone.