Terrestrial Animal Health Code

Terrestrial Animal Health Code
(2024)

Contents

Volume I

General provisions

	Foreword
	User's guide
	Glossary
SECTION 1.	Animal disease diagnosis, surveillance and notification
Chapter 1.1.	Notification of diseases and provision of epidemiological information
Chapter 1.2.	Criteria for the inclusion of diseases, infections and infestations in the WOAH list
Chapter 1.3.	Diseases, infections and infestations listed by WOAH
Chapter 1.4.	Animal health surveillance
Chapter 1.5.	Surveillance for arthropod vectors of animal diseases
Chapter 1.6.	Procedures for official recognition of animal health status, endorsement of an official control programme, and publication of a self-declaration of animal health status, by WOAH
Chapter 1.7.	Application for official recognition by WOAH of free status for African horse sickness
Chapter 1.8.	Application for official recognition by WOAH of risk status for bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Chapter 1.9.	Application for official recognition by WOAH of free status for classical swine fever
Chapter 1.10.	Application for official recognition by WOAH of free status for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
Chapter 1.11.	Application for official recognition by WOAH of free status for foot and mouth disease
Chapter 1.12.	Application for official recognition by WOAH of free status for peste des petits ruminants
SECTION 2.	Risk analysis
Chapter 2.1.	Import risk analysis
Chapter 2.2.	Criteria applied by WOAH for assessing the safety of commodities
SECTION 3.	Quality of Veterinary Services
Chapter 3.1.	Introduction to recommendations on Veterinary Services
Chapter 3.2.	Quality of Veterinary Services
Chapter 3.3.	Evaluation of Veterinary Services
Chapter 3.4.	Veterinary legislation
Chapter 3.5.	Communication
SECTION 4.	Disease prevention and control
Chapter 4.1.	Introduction to recommendations for the prevention and control of transmissible animal diseases
Chapter 4.2.	General principles on identification and traceability of live animals
Chapter 4.3.	Design and implementation of identification systems to achieve animal traceability
Chapter 4.4.	Zoning and compartmentalisation
Chapter 4.5.	Application of compartmentalisation
Chapter 4.6.	Semen collection, processing and storage
Chapter 4.7.	Collection and processing of bovine, small ruminant and porcine semen
Chapter 4.8.	Collection and processing of in vivo derived embryos from livestock and equids
Chapter 4.9.	Collection and processing of oocytes and in vitro produced embryos from livestock and horses
Chapter 4.10.	Collection and processing of micromanipulated oocytes or embryos from livestock and horses
Chapter 4.11.	Collection and processing of laboratory rodent and rabbit oocytes or embryos
Chapter 4.12.	Somatic cell nuclear transfer in production livestock and horses
Chapter 4.13.	Disposal of dead animals
Chapter 4.14.	General recommendations on disinfection and disinsection
Chapter 4.15.	Official health control of bee diseases
Chapter 4.16.	Hygiene precautions, identification, blood sampling and vaccination
Chapter 4.17.	High health status horse subpopulation
Chapter 4.18.	Vaccination
Chapter 4.19.	Official control programmes for listed and emerging diseases
SECTION 5.	Trade measures, import/export procedures and veterinary certification
Chapter 5.1.	General obligations related to certification
Chapter 5.2.	Certification procedures
Chapter 5.3.	WOAH procedures relevant to the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of the World Trade Organization
Chapter 5.4.	Animal health measures applicable before and at departure
Chapter 5.5.	Animal health measures applicable during transit from the place of departure in the exporting country to the place of arrival in the importing country
Chapter 5.6.	Border posts and quarantine stations in the importing country
Chapter 5.7.	Animal health measures applicable on arrival
Chapter 5.8.	International transfer and laboratory containment of animal pathogenic agents
Chapter 5.9.	Quarantine measures applicable to non-human primates
Chapter 5.10.	Model veterinary certificates for international trade in live animals, hatching eggs and products of animal origin
Chapter 5.11.	Model veterinary certificate for international movement of dogs, cats and ferrets originating from countries considered infected with rabies
Chapter 5.12.	Model passport for international movement of competition horses
Chapter 5.13.	Model veterinary certificate for international trade in laboratory animals
SECTION 6.	Veterinary public health
Chapter 6.1.	Introduction to recommendations for veterinary public health
Chapter 6.2.	The role of the Veterinary Services in food safety systems
Chapter 6.3.	Control of biological hazards of animal health and public health importance through ante- and post-mortem meat inspection
Chapter 6.4.	The control of hazards of animal health and public health importance in animal feed
Chapter 6.5.	Biosecurity procedures in poultry production
Chapter 6.6.	Prevention, detection and control of Salmonella in poultry
Chapter 6.7.	Introduction to the recommendations for controlling antimicrobial resistance
Chapter 6.8.	Harmonisation of national antimicrobial resistance surveillance and monitoring programmes
Chapter 6.9.	Monitoring of the quantities and usage patterns of antimicrobial agents used in food-producing animals
Chapter 6.10.	Responsible and prudent use of antimicrobial agents in veterinary medicine
Chapter 6.11.	Risk analysis for antimicrobial resistance arising from the use of antimicrobial agents in animals
Chapter 6.12.	Zoonoses transmissible from non-human primates
Chapter 6.13.	Prevention and control of Salmonella in commercial bovine production systems
Chapter 6.14.	Prevention and control of Salmonella in commercial pig production systems
SECTION 7.	Animal welfare
Chapter 7.1.	Introduction to the recommendations for animal welfare
Chapter 7.2.	Transport of animals by sea
Chapter 7.3.	Transport of animals by land
Chapter 7.4.	Transport of animals by air
Chapter 7.5.	Animal welfare during slaughter
Chapter 7.6.	Killing of animals for disease control purposes
Chapter 7.7.	Dog population management
Chapter 7.8.	Use of animals in research and education
Chapter 7.9.	Animal welfare and beef cattle production systems
Chapter 7.10.	Animal welfare and broiler chicken production systems
Chapter 7.11.	Animal welfare and dairy cattle production systems
Chapter 7.12.	Welfare of working equids
Chapter 7.13.	Animal welfare and pig production systems
Chapter 7.14.	Killing of reptiles for their skins, meat and other products

Volume II

Recommendations applicable to WOAH Listed diseases and other diseases of importance to international trade

SECTION 8.	Multiple species
Chapter 8.1.	Anthrax
Chapter 8.2.	Infection with Aujeszky’s disease virus
Chapter 8.3.	Infection with bluetongue virus
Chapter 8.4.	Infection with Brucella abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis
Chapter 8.5.	Infection with Echinococcus granulosus
Chapter 8.6.	Infection with Echinococcus multilocularis
Chapter 8.7.	Infection with epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus
Chapter 8.8.	Infection with foot and mouth disease virus
Chapter 8.9.	Heartwater
Chapter 8.10.	Japanese encephalitis
Chapter 8.11.	Infection with Leishmania spp. (Leishmaniosis)
Chapter 8.12.	Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Chapter 8.13.	New world screwworm (*Cochliomyia hominivorax)and old world screwworm (Chrysomya bezziana*)
Chapter 8.14.	Paratuberculosis
Chapter 8.15.	Infection with rabies virus
Chapter 8.16.	Infection with Rift Valley fever virus
Chapter 8.17.	Infection with rinderpest virus
Chapter 8.18.	Infection with Trichinella spp.
Chapter 8.19.	Infection with Trypanosomabrucei, T. congolense, T. simiae and T. vivax
Chapter 8.20.	Tularemia
Chapter 8.21.	West Nile fever
Chapter 8.22.	Infection with Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
Chapter 8.23.	Infection with Trypanosomaevansi (Surra)
SECTION 9.	Apinae
Chapter 9.1.	Infestation of honey bees with Acarapis woodi
Chapter 9.2.	Infection of honey bees with Paenibacillus larvae (American foulbrood)
Chapter 9.3.	Infection of honey bees with Melissococcus plutonius (European foulbrood)
Chapter 9.4.	Infestation with Aethina tumida (Small hive beetle)
Chapter 9.5.	Infestation of honey bees with Tropilaelaps spp.
Chapter 9.6.	Infestation of honey bees with Varroa spp. (Varroosis)
SECTION 10.	Aves
Chapter 10.1.	Avian chlamydiosis
Chapter 10.2.	Avian infectious bronchitis
Chapter 10.3.	Avian infectious laryngotracheitis
Chapter 10.4.	Infection with high pathogenicity avian influenza viruses
Chapter 10.5.	Infection with Mycoplasmagallisepticum (Avian mycoplasmosis)
Chapter 10.6.	Duck virus hepatitis
Chapter 10.7.	Fowl typhoid and pullorum disease
Chapter 10.8.	Infectious bursal disease (Gumboro disease)
Chapter 10.9.	Infection with Newcastle virus
SECTION 11.	Bovinae
Chapter 11.1.	Bovine anaplasmosis
Chapter 11.2.	Bovine babesiosis
Chapter 11.3.	Bovine genital campylobacteriosis
Chapter 11.4.	Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Chapter 11.5.	Infection with Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC (Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia)
Chapter 11.6.	Enzootic bovine leukosis
Chapter 11.7.	Haemorrhagic septicaemia (Pasteurellamultocida serotypes 6:b and 6:e)
Chapter 11.8.	Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/ infectious pustular vulvovaginitis
Chapter 11.9.	Infection with lumpy skin disease virus
Chapter 11.10.	Infection with Theileria annulata, T. orientalis and T. parva
Chapter 11.11.	Trichomonosis
SECTION 12.	Equidae
Chapter 12.1.	Infection with African horse sickness virus
Chapter 12.2.	Infection with Taylorella equigenitalis (Contagious equine metritis)
Chapter 12.3.	Dourine
Chapter 12.4.	Equine encephalomyelitis (Eastern and Western)
Chapter 12.5.	Equine infectious anaemia
Chapter 12.6.	Infection with equine influenza virus
Chapter 12.7.	Infection with Theileriaequi and Babesiacaballi (Equine piroplasmosis)
Chapter 12.8.	Infection with equid herpesvirus-1 (Equine rhinopneumonitis)
Chapter 12.9.	Infection with equine arteritis virus
Chapter 12.10.	Infection with Burkholderia mallei (Glanders)
Chapter 12.11.	Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis
SECTION 13.	Leporidae
Chapter 13.1.	Myxomatosis
Chapter 13.2.	Infection with pathogenic rabbit lagoviruses (Rabbit haemorrhagic disease)
SECTION 14.	Caprinae
Chapter 14.1.	Caprine arthritis/encephalitis
Chapter 14.2.	Contagious agalactia
Chapter 14.3.	Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia
Chapter 14.4.	Infection with Chlamydia abortus (Enzootic abortion of ewes, ovine chlamydiosis)
Chapter 14.5.	Maedi-visna
Chapter 14.6.	Ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis)
Chapter 14.7.	Infection with peste des petits ruminants virus
Chapter 14.8.	Scrapie
Chapter 14.9.	Sheep pox and goat pox
Chapter 14.10.	Infection with Theileria lestoquardi, T. luwenshuni and T. uilenbergi
SECTION 15.	Suidae
Chapter 15.1.	Infection with African swine fever virus
Chapter 15.2.	Infection with classical swine fever virus
Chapter 15.3.	Infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus
Chapter 15.4.	Infection with Taenia solium (Porcine cysticercosis)
Chapter 15.5.	Transmissible gastroenteritis
SECTION 16.	Camelidae
Chapter 16.1.	Infection with Camelpox virus
Chapter 16.2.	Infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Index