PART IISURVEILLANCE, ERADICATION PROGRAMMES, DISEASE-FREE STATUS
CHAPTER 2 Eradication programmes for category B and C diseases of terrestrial animals
Article 33Targeted animal population for eradication programmes for infection with RABV
1.
The competent authority shall apply the eradication programme for infection with RABV to the following targeted animal population: kept and wild animals of species of the following families: Carnivora, Bovidae, Suidae, Equidae, Cervidae and Camelidae.
2.
The competent authority shall address the measures in the eradication programme primarily to wild foxes, being the main reservoir of RABV.
3.
The competent authority shall subject other targeted animal populations than wild foxes to the measures of the eradication programme when it considers that such animals pose a significant risk.
4.
The competent authority may include wild animals of species of the order Chiroptera in the targeted animal population relevant to surveillance referred to in Article 4.