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Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission (Proposed Drafts and Updates)

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Step 1: Identify the "specific text" you are commenting on;
Step 2: Write The specific proposed text changes (Rewrite the text the way it should read); and
Step 3: Include the supporting scientific rationale for your proposed change of the text.

(All comments should be clearly stated, specific to the text within the proposed document, and supported by a scientific rationale.)*

The following six (6) chapters below are either new or have been completely rewritten, therefore, you may comment on any part of each document. Please identify the article or specific text in the chapter you are commenting on, propose new language ( if any) and provide a scientific rationale for your proposed language.

Note: Please do not use the automatic "track-change" function provided by word processing software as such changes are lost int he OIE's process of collating submitted comments into the Code Commissions working documents.

Section 1

October 2008 Report (comments due by January 20, 2009)

Draft Proposals January 2009
Comments Submitted to OIE
Bovine tuberculosis of farmed cervidae (pdf) (rtf)  
Collection and processing of bovine, small ruminant and porcine semen (pdf) (rtf)  
Draft Guidelines on Stray Dog Population Control (pdf) (rtf)  
General guidelines for surveillance of arthropod vectors of animal diseases (pdf) (rtf)  
General hygiene in semen collection and processing centers (pdf) (rtf)  
Introduction to the recommendations for controlling antimicrobial resistance (pdf) (rtf)  

Section 2

There are forty four (44) chapters for comment in Section 2. You may comment only on the proposed changes in the documents. Text proposed for deletion has a strike-through and text proposed to be added is double underlined. Please identify the article or specific text in the chapter you are commenting on, propose new language (if any) and provide a scientific rationale for your proposed language.

(It is very important that you identify the article or text in the document you are commenting on, propose new language (if any) and provide a scientific rationale for your proposed changes.)

October 2008 Report (comments due by January 20, 2009)

Draft Proposals January 2009
Comments Submitted to OIE
Acarapisosis of honey bees (pdf) (rtf)  
African horse sickness (pdf) (rtf)  
Animal health surveillance (pdf) (rtf)  
Animal health measures applicable before and at departure (pdf) (rtf)  
American foul brood of honey bees (pdf) (rtf)  
Application of compartmentalisation (pdf) (rtf)  
Avian influenza (pdf) (rtf)  
Bluetongue (pdf) (rtf)  
Bovine cysticercosis (pdf) (rtf)  
Bovine tuberculosis (pdf) (rtf)  
Border posts and quarantine stations in the importing country (pdf) (rtf)  
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (pdf) (rtf)  
Categorisation of diseases and pathogenic agents (pdf) (rtf)  
Certification procedures (pdf) (rtf)  
Collection and processing of in-vivo derived embryos (pdf) (rtf)  
Collection and processing of in-vitro fertilized bovine embryos/in-vitro maturing bovine oocytes (pdf) (rtf)  
Collection and processing of micro-manipulated bovine embryos (pdf) (rtf)  
Collection and processing of laboratory rodent and rabbit embryos/ova (pdf) (rtf)  
Control of hazards of animal health and public health importance in animal feed (pdf) (rtf)  
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (pdf) (rtf)  
Classical swine fever (pdf) (rtf)  
Design and implementation of identification systems to achieve animal traceability (pdf) (rtf)  
Detection, control and prevention of non-typhoid salmonella in chickens (pdf) (rtf)  
Equine influenza (pdf) (rtf)  
Equine rhinopneumonitis (pdf) (rtf)  
European foulbrood of honey bees (pdf) (rtf)  
Equine viral arteritis (pdf) (rtf)  
Foot and mouth disease (pdf) (rtf)  
General obligations related to certification (pdf) (rtf)  
Glossary (pdf) (rtf)  
Guidelines for import risk analysis (pdf) (rtf)  
Newcastle disease (pdf) (rtf)  
Rabies (pdf) (rtf)  
Rift valley fever (pdf) (rtf)  
Rinderpest (pdf) (rtf)  
Role of the Veterinary Services in food safety (pdf) (rtf)  
Scrapie (pdf) (rtf)  
Small hive beetle infestation (pdf) (rtf)  
Somatic cell nuclear transfer in production livestock and horses (pdf) (rtf)  
Teschovirus encephalomyelitis (pdf) (rtf)  
Tropilaelaps infestation of honey bees (pdf) (rtf)  
Varroosis of honey bees (pdf) (rtf)  
West nile fever (pdf) (rtf)  
Zoning and compartmentalisation (pdf) (rtf)  

March and September 2008 Report Draft Proposals and Comments Submitted to OIE

March 2007 Report Draft Proposals and Comments Submitted to OIE March 2007

October 2006 Report Draft Proposals and Comments Submitted to OIE May 2007

March 2006 Report Draft Proposals and Comments Submitted to OIE August 2006

January 2005 Report Draft Proposals and Comments Submitted to OIE May 2005

 

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Last Modified: December 18, 2008