Download MAFF CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMAL PATHOGENS (Viruses only)

Part 2B - Annex II
MAFF CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMAL PATHOGENS (Viruses only)
All the following virus groups will need a licence under the Import of Animal Pathogens Order
1980 if imported from outside the European Community. In addition, “S” denotes a specified
animal pathogen for which a licence will also be necessary under the Specified Animal
Pathogens Order 1998 irrespective of country of origin. The Pathogens in bold are those that
have been added to the SAPO Schedule in the 1998 Order.
Group 4
Rift valley fever virus
S
S
African swine fever virus
S
Sheep and goat pox virus
Avian influenza viruses (pathogenic)
S
Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis -
Avian influenza viruses (uncharaterised)
S
virus
Equine morbillivirus
S
Vesicular exanthema virus
Foot and mouth disease virus
S
Wesselsbron disease virus
Newcastle disease virus (pathogenic)
S
S
Newcastle disease virus (uncharacterised)S
Group 2
Peste de pestis ruminants virus
S
Aujesky’s disease virus
Rinderpest virus
S
Avian paramyxoviruses other than -
Swine vesicular disease
S
paramyxovirus 1 (PMV1) group
Teschen disease virus
S
Borna disease virus
1
Rabies virus accommodation
Bovine leukosis virus
S
Rabies virus and rabies-related viruses S
Bovine malignant catarrh virus -
S
(African type)
Group 3
African horse sickness virus
Dersky’s disease virus (goose S
Akabane virus
Bluetongue virus
S
Bovine ephemeral fever virus
Classical swine fever virus
1
parvovirus)
1
Equine viral arteritis virus
1
Getah virus
1
Maedi-visna virus
S
Eastern and Western equine -
Newcastle disease virus - Hitchener B1 and F strains only, other strains are specified animal pathogens.
1
Epizootic haemorrhagic disease of -
Porcine infuenza viruses
1
deer virus
Pox viruses - camel
1
Vesicular stomatitis virus
S2
encephalomyelitis viruses
Equine infectious anaemia virus
S
S
Ibaraki virus
Japanese encephalitis virus
Any other non-enzootic animal pathogenic S
virus, not listed in Groups 3 or 4.
S
Group 1
Japanese B virus
Lumpy skin disease virus
Nairobi sheep disease and Ganjam viruses
Issued: March 2000
All animal pathogenic viruses not listed in -
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groups 2, 3 and 4.
-
Myxoma
3. Details may be obtained from:
Notes.
S
Specified animal pathogen.
1
Animals undergoing experimentation with
these pathogens must be housed.
2
Where small quantities of vesicular
- MAFF Worplesdon Laboratory
Tangley Place
Worplesdon, GU8 3LQ
4. The following virus of rabbits is controlled by
Orders made under the Animal Health Act 1981:
Caliciviridae
stomatitis virus are being handled as part of
a plaque assay system for human
- Viral haemorrhagic disease (Rabbit
haemorrhagic disease)
immunodeficiency viruses, Category 2
containment is sufficient. Any procedures
likely to produce aerosols must be performed
in a microbiological safety cabinet, and any
persons having contact with the virus must
5. Details may be obtained from:
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Animal Health (Disease Control) Division,
Hook Rise South
Tolworth
Surrey KT6 7NF
not have contact with equidae for 48 hours
thereafter. In all other circumstances,
Pathogens of fish
Category 3 containment is required.
6. The following pathogens of fish cause
diseases that are notifiable and controlled by
Orders under the Diseases of Fish Acts 1937 and
1983, or under the Fish Health Regulations 1992
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and 1993. The importations of fish and shellfish
are controlled under this legislation to ensure
1. Details of the requirements for the importation
consignments are free of the notifiable and listed
or handling of pathogens of animals or poultry may
diseases and any other serious diseases exotic to
be obtained from:
GB.
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Birnaviridae
Animal Health (Zoonoses) Division
Hook Rise South
- Infectious pancreatic necrosis
Tolworth, KT6 7NF
Rhabdoviridae
- Scottish Executive and Rural Affairs
Department
- Infectious haematopoietic necrosis
Pentland House, 47 Robbs Loan
Edinburgh, EH14 1TW
- Spring viraemia of carp
- National Assembly for Wales
Crown Buildings
Cathays Park
Cardiff, CF1 3NQ
Pathogens of other animals
2.
The following virus of rabbits is controlled by
an Order made under the Pests Act 1954:
Poxviridae
-
Leporipoxviruses
Issued: March 2000
- Viral haemorhagic septicaemia
Unclassified
- Infectious salmon anaemia
7. Details may be obtained from:
- MAFF Fish Disease Laboratory
The Nothe
Weymouth, DT4 8UB