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WOAH Terrestrial Animal Health Code Chapter 15.1. Infection with African Swine Fever virus
Purpose: The Terrestrial Animal Health Code (the Terrestrial Code) provides standards for the improvement of animal health, animal welfare and veterinary public health worldwide. These standards should be used by Members to set up measures for the prevention, early detection, reporting and control of pathogenic agents in terrestrial animals (mammals, reptiles, birds and bees), including zoonotic agents. Implementation of there commendations in the Terrestrial Code ensures the safety of international trade in animals and animal products, while avoiding unjustified sanitary barriers.
Last updated: 2023
Publisher: World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
