WORLD TRADE G/SPS/GEN/30
2October 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4170)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures Original:English/French/Spanish
OIESTANDARDS, GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
TheOIECentral Bureau hasprovided thefollowing information.
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Thedocuments containing thestandards, guidelines andrecommendations oftheOIEarethe
following:
1. International Animal Health Code
Appendix 1ofthepresent document provides asummary oftheInternational Animal Health
Code.Foreachpart,thedateofadoption andthedateofthelatest revision isindicated asfarback
as1983.
Anypartforwhich nodateisgiven therefore predates 1983, butthisshould notbetaken to
imply thatitisinanywayobsolete. Thisisthecase,forexample, forsome general recommendations,
which Member Countries maystillreferto.Where nodateisgiven forachapter dealing withananimal
disease itmaybeduetothefactthatscientific progress onthesubject hasnotbeensufficient towarrant
evenapartial revision ofthecontents ofthechapter.
2. Manual ofStandards forDiagnostic Tests andVaccines
Thethirdedition oftheManual ofStandards forDiagnostic Tests andVaccines (theManual )
hasbeenconsiderably expanded bytheaddition ofintroductory chapters andchapters forindividual
animal diseases. Italsoincorporates apreliminary chapter onbiotechnology. Thecontents ofthe
Manual havebeenstudied byreviewers, OIEexperts andspecialists inMember Countries.
TheOIEInternational Committee adopted thethird edition oftheManual bymeans ofa
Resolution inMay1996. Thethirdedition oftheManual waspublished in1996.
3. International Aquatic Animal Health Code andDiagnostic Manual forAquatic Animal Diseases
Atthe64thGeneral Session (May 1996), theOIEInternational Committee wasunable toadopt
theamendments totheInternational Aquatic Animal Health Code andDiagnostic Manual forAquatic
Animal Diseases proposed bytheFishDiseases Commission, duetodelays inthereceipt ofcomments
from Member Countries.G/SPS/GEN/30
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Meeting inNovember 1996, theCommission agreed tomostofthesuggestions contained in
these comments. InMay1997, theOIEInternational Committee wasthusinaposition toadopt, by
means ofaResolution, theamendments totheaforementioned Code andManual submitted bytheFish
Diseases Commission.
Asaresult, revised editions ofthese twoworks willbepublished bytheendof1997.
Asummary oftheInternational Aquatic Animal Health Code isgiven inAppendix 2.
4. Recommended standards forthesurveillance ofanimal diseases
TheRecommended Standards forEpidemiological Surveillance forRinderpest were adopted
in1991. Aprocess ofrevision, which should notmodify completely thegeneral philosophy ofthe
text,isunder way.
Atthe63rd General Session (May 1995), theOIEInternational Committee adopted the
Recommended Standards forEpidemiological Surveillance forContagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
developed bytheFootandMouth Disease andOther Epizootics Commission, butatthesame time
asked theCommission toprepare anAnnex tothistextwhich would allow thetimerequired before
declaration ofprovisional freedom fromthedisease andfrominfection tobereduced totakeintoaccount
theeffectiveness ofacountry 'ssurveillance system.
After theAnnex hadbeenprepared, itwasconsidered preferable tointegrate these terms into
arevised version ofthestandards.
InMay1997, theOIEInternational Committee passed aResolution adopting thesuitably revised
Recommended Standards forEpidemiological Surveillance Systems forContagious Bovine
Pleuropneumonia .G/SPS/GEN/30
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Appendix 1
INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH CODE
CONTENTS
PART 1
Page Adoption Last
revision
SECTION 1.1. Definitions 3 1997
SECTION 1.2. Notifications andepizootiological
information17 1983
SECTION 1.3. Veterinary ethics andcertification for
international trade
Chapter 1.3.1. General requirements 21 1994
Chapter 1.3.2. Principles ofcertification 23 1997
SECTION 1.4. Import riskanalysis
Chapter 1.4.1. General considerations 27 1993
Chapter 1.4.2. Guidelines forriskassessment 28/3 1993
Chapter 1.4.3. Evaluation ofVeterinary Services 28/9 1993
Chapter 1.4.4. Zoning andregionalisation 28/11 1993
Chapter 1.4.5. Surveillance andmonitoring ofanimal
health28/17 1994
SECTION 1.5. Import/export procedures
Chapter 1.5.1. Recommendations fortransport 29
Chapter 1.5.2. Animal health measures applicable before
andatdeparture33
Chapter 1.5.3. Animal health measures applicable during
transit from theplace ofdeparture inthe
exporting country totheplace ofarrival in
theimporting country37
Chapter 1.5.4. Frontier posts andquarantine stations in
theimporting country41
Chapter 1.5.5. Animal health measures onarrival 43
Chapter 1.5.6. International transfer andlaboratory
containment ofanimal pathogens49 1997G/SPS/GEN/30
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PART 2-LIST ADISEASES
Diseases Page Adoption Last
revision
Chapter 2.1.1. Footandmouth disease 57 1997
Chapter 2.1.2. Vesicular stomatitis 71 1995
Chapter 2.1.3. Swine vesicular disease 75 1987
Chapter 2.1.4. Rinderpest 83 1987
Chapter 2.1.5. Peste despetits ruminants 95 1986
Chapter 2.1.6. Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia 105 1996
Chapter 2.1.7. Lumpy skindisease 109
Chapter 2.1.8. RiftValley fever 115 1984 1988
Chapter 2.1.9. Bluetongue 119 1988
Chapter 2.1.10. Sheep poxandgoatpox 125
Chapter 2.1.11. African horse sickness 129 1993
Chapter 2.1.12. African swine fever 137 1991
Chapter 2.1.13. Classical swine fever (hogcholera) 147 1988
Chapter 2.1.14. Highly pathogenic avian influenza (fowl
plague)155 1997
Chapter 2.1.15. Newcastle disease 157 1983G/SPS/GEN/30
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PART 3-LIST BDISEASES
Diseases Page Adoption Last
revision
SECTION 3.1. Multiple species
Chapter 3.1.1. Anthrax 171
Chapter 3.1.2. Aujeszky 'sdisease 173 1983
Chapter 3.1.3. Echinococcosis/hydatidosis 175
Chapter 3.1.4. Leptospirosis 177 1984
Chapter 3.1.5. Rabies 179 1995
Chapter 3.1.6. Johne 'sdisease 183
Chapter 3.1.7. Heartwater 185 1987
Chapter 3.1.8. Screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) 187 1991
SECTION 3.2. Cattle
Chapter 3.2.1. Bovine brucellosis 191 1987
Chapter 3.2.2. Bovine genital campylobacteriosis 197
Chapter 3.2.3. Bovine tuberculosis 199 1983
Chapter 3.2.4. Enzootic bovine leukosis 205 1996
Chapter 3.2.5. Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious
pustular vulvovaginitis211 1996
Chapter 3.2.6. Trichomoniasis 215
Chapter 3.2.7. Anaplasmosis 217 1989
Chapter 3.2.8. Babesiosis 219 1989
Chapter 3.2.9. Cysticercosis 221 1987
Chapter 3.2.10. Dermatophilosis 223 1987
Chapter 3.2.11. Theileriosis 225 1990
Chapter 3.2.12. Haemorrhagic septicaemia 227 1990
Chapter 3.2.13. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy 231 1992 1997
SECTION 3.3. Sheep andgoats
Chapter 3.3.1. Brucella ovisinfection 239
Chapter 3.3.2. Caprine andovine brucellosis (excl. B.ovis) 241 1994
Chapter 3.3.3. Contagious agalactia 245
Chapter 3.3.4. Caprine arthritis/encephalitis 247 1987
Chapter 3.3.5. Maedi-visna 249 1987G/SPS/GEN/30
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Diseases Page Adoption Last
revision
Chapter 3.3.6. Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia 251 1997
Chapter 3.3.7. Enzootic abortion ofewes (ovine chlamydiosis) 257 1992
SECTION 3.4. Equines
Chapter 3.4.1. Contagious equine metritis 263
Chapter 3.4.2. Dourine 265
Chapter 3.4.3. Equine encephalomyelitis 269
Chapter 3.4.4. Equine infectious anaemia 271 1984
Chapter 3.4.5. Equine influenza 273 1983 1997
Chapter 3.4.6. Equine piroplasmosis 275 1995
Chapter 3.4.7. Equine rhinopneumonitis 277
Chapter 3.4.8. Glanders 279
Chapter 3.4.9. Horse pox 283
Chapter 3.4.10. Equine viralarteritis 285 1996
Chapter 3.4.11. Mange 287
Chapter 3.4.12. Salmonellosis (chapter cancelled) 289
Chapter 3.4.13. Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis 291 1993
Chapter 3.4.14. Epizootic lymphangitis 295 1987
Chapter 3.4.15. Japanese encephalitis 297 1987
SECTION 3.5. Pigs
Chapter 3.5.1. Atrophic rhinitis ofpigs 301
Chapter 3.5.2. Porcine brucellosis 303
Chapter 3.5.3. Trichinellosis 305 1996
Chapter 3.5.4. Enterovirus encephalomyelitis (ex-Teschen
disease)307 1987
Chapter 3.5.5. Transmissible gastroenteritis 315 1992
SECTION 3.6. Birds
Chapter 3.6.1. Infectious bursal disease (Gumboro disease) 321 1988
Chapter 3.6.2. Marek 'sdisease 325
Chapter 3.6.3. Mycoplasmosis (M.gallisepticum) 329
Chapter 3.6.4. Psittacosis/ornithosis 331
Chapter 3.6.5. Pullorum/typhoid disease 333 1987
Chapter 3.6.6. Avian infectious bronchitis 335 1987G/SPS/GEN/30
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Diseases Page Adoption Last
revision
Chapter 3.6.7. Avian infectious laryngotracheitis 339 1987
Chapter 3.6.8. Avian tuberculosis 343 1987
Chapter 3.6.9. Duck virus hepatitis 345 1987
Chapter 3.6.10. Duck virus enteritis 347 1987
Chapter 3.6.11. Fowl cholera (avian pasteurellosis) 351 1987
Chapter 3.6.12. Salmonella enteritidis andSalmonella
typhimurium inpoultry355 1991
SECTION 3.7. Lagomorphs
Chapter 3.7.1. Myxomatosis 359
Chapter 3.7.2. Tularaemia 361 1993
Chapter 3.7.3. Viral haemorrhagic disease ofrabbits 363 1990 1992
SECTION 3.8. Bees
Chapter 3.8.1. Acariasis ofbees 371
Chapter 3.8.2. American foulbrood 373
Chapter 3.8.3. European foulbrood 375
Chapter 3.8.4. Nosemosis ofbees 377
Chapter 3.8.5. Varroasis 379G/SPS/GEN/30
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PART 4-APPENDICES
Page Adoption Last
revision
SECTION 4.1. Diagnostic testsforthepurpose of
international trade385 1996
SECTION 4.2. Health controls andhygiene -General
requirements
4.2.1. AIcentres: accreditation forexport
.Appendix 4.2.1.1. Bovine semen 393 1982 1992
.Appendix 4.2.1.2. Hygienic collection and
handling offresh and
preserved bovine semen399 1988
4.2.2. AIcentres: accreditation forexport
.Appendix 4.2.2.1. Porcine semen 407 1985
.Appendix 4.2.2.2. Small ruminant semen 412/1 1995 1996
4.2.3. Collection andprocessing
.Appendix 4.2.3.1. Bovine embryos/ova 413 1984 1994
.Appendix 4.2.3.2. Porcine embryos/ova 421 1991
.Appendix 4.2.3.3. Ovine/caprine
embryos/ova429 1991
.Appendix 4.2.3.4. Invitrofertilised bovine
embryos437 1992 1994
.Appendix 4.2.3.5. Micromanipulated bovine
embryos443 1992
.Appendix 4.2.3.6. Laboratory rodent and
rabbit embryos/ova446/1 1996
.Appendix 4.2.3.7. Equine embryos/ova 446/9 1997
4.2.4. Poultry breeding flocks andhatcheries
.Appendix 4.2.4.1. Hygiene anddisease
security procedures447 1992
4.2.5. Apiaries
.Appendix 4.2.5.1. Sanitary control 459G/SPS/GEN/30
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revision
4.2.6. Blood sampling andvaccination (equines in
particular)
.Appendix 4.2.6.1. Hygienic precautions 463 1988
SECTION 4.3. Destruction ofpathogens andinsect vectors
4.3.1. Disinfection anddisinsectisation
.Appendix 4.3.1.1. General recommendations 467
.Appendix 4.3.1.2. Aircraft (appendix
cancelled)469 1983
4.3.2. FMD virus: destruction procedures
.Appendix 4.3.2.1. Meat 471 1995
.Appendix 4.3.2.2. Animal products for
industrial use473 1995
.Appendix 4.3.2.3. Milk andcream 474/1 1995
.Appendix 4.3.2.4. Skins andtrophies from
wildanimals susceptible to
FMD474/3 1997
4.3.3. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
agents: inactivation procedures
.Appendix 4.3.3.1. Meat-and-bone meal 474/5 1997
SECTION 4.4. Transport ofanimals
4.4.1. Protection ofanimals during international
transport: General recommendations
.Appendix 4.4.1.1. General principles tobe
observed common toall
forms oftransport476/1 1995 1996
.Appendix 4.4.1.2. Special considerations
according tomethods of
transport476/7 1995
4.4.2. Airtransport
.Appendix 4.4.2.1. Selected mammalian
species477 1997G/SPS/GEN/30
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PART 5-MODEL INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATES APPROVED BYTHE OIE
Page Adoption Last
revision
N1: International animal health certificate fordogsandcats
originating from rabies infected countries495 1994
N2: Animal health certificate fordomestic orwildanimals
ofthebovine, bubaline, ovine, caprine orporcine
species509
N3: Animal health certificate forsemen ofanimals ofthe
bovine, bubaline, equine, ovine, caprine orporcine
species513
N4: Sanitary certificate formeatofdomestic animals ofthe
bovine, bubaline, equine, ovine, caprine orporcine
species orofpoultry517
N5: Sanitary certificate forproducts ofanimal origin
destined foruseinanimal feeding, orforindustrial or
pharmaceutical use521
N6: Animal health certificate forequines 525
N6.1.: Model passport forinternational movement of
competition horses528/1 1993
N7: Animal health certificate forbirds 529
N8: Animal health certificate forday-old chicks, turkey
poults, other newly-hatched avian species andhatching
eggs533
N9: Animal health certificate forrabbits 537
N10: Certificate forbeesandbrood-combs 541G/SPS/GEN/30
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Appendix 2
INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH CODE
CONTENTS
PART 1
Section 1.1. Definitions
Section 1.2. Notifications andepizootiological information
Section 1.3. Ethics andaquatic animal health rules forinternational trade
Chapter 1.3.1. Ethics ininternational trade
Chapter 1.3.2. Ethics ofcertification
Section 1.4. Import riskanalysis
Chapter 1.4.1. General considerations
Chapter 1.4.2. Guidelines forriskassessment
Chapter 1.4.3. Evaluation ofCompetent Authorities
Chapter 1.4.4. Zoning
Section 1.5. Import/export procedures
Chapter 1.5.1. Recommendations fortransport
Chapter 1.5.2. Aquatic animal health measures applicable before andatdeparture
Chapter 1.5.3. Aquatic animal health measures applicable during thejourney between place
ofdeparture intheexporting country andtheplace ofarrival intheimporting
country andintransit
Chapter 1.5.4. Frontier posts intheimporting country
Chapter 1.5.5. Aquatic animal health measures onarrival
Chapter 1.5.6. Measuresconcerninginternationaltransferofpathologicalmaterialandbiological
products
PART 2-DISEASES NOTIFIABLE TOTHE OIE
Introduction
Section 2.1. Diseases offish
Chapter 2.1.1. Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis (EHN)
Chapter 2.1.2. Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN)
Chapter 2.1.3. Oncorhynchus masou virus disease (OMV)
Chapter 2.1.4. Spring viraemia ofcarp(SVC)
Chapter 2.1.5. Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS)
Section 2.2. Diseases ofmolluscs
Chapter 2.2.1. Bonamiosis (Bonamia ostreae, B.spp.)
Chapter 2.2.2. Haplosporidiosis (Haplosporidium costale, H.nelsoni)
Chapter 2.2.3. Marteiliosis (Marteilia refringens, M.maurini, M.sydneyi, M.lengehi)
Chapter 2.2.4. Mikrocytosis (Mikrocytos mackini, M.roughleyi)
Chapter 2.2.5. Perkinsosis (Perkinsus marinus, P.olseni)G/SPS/GEN/30
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PART 3-OTHER SIGNIFICANT DISEASES
Introduction
Section 3.1. Diseases offish
Chapter 3.1.1. Channel catfish virus disease (CCVD)
Chapter 3.1.2. Viral encephalopathy andretinopathy
Chapter 3.1.3. Infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN)
Chapter 3.1.4. Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA)
Chapter 3.1.5. Epizootic ulcerative syndrome
Chapter 3.1.6. Bacterial kidney disease (Renibacterium salmoninarum )
Chapter 3.1.7. Enteric septicaemia incatfish (Edwardsiella ictaluri)
Chapter 3.1.8. Piscirickettsiosis (Piscirickettsia salmoninarum)
Chapter 3.1.9. Gyrodactylosis (Gyrodactylus salaris )
Section 3.2. Diseases ofbivalve molluscs
Chapter 3.2.1. Oyster velar disease
Section 3.3. Diseases ofcrustaceans
Chapter 3.3.1. Baculoviral midgut gland necrosis
Chapter 3.3.2. Nuclear polyhedrosis baculoviroses
Chapter 3.3.3. Infectious hypodermal andhaematopoietic necrosis (IHHNV)
Chapter 3.3.4. Yellowhead disease
Chapter 3.3.5. Crayfish plague (Aphanomyces astaci)
Chapter 3.3.6. White spotdisease
PART 4-HEALTH CONTROLS AND HYGIENE
Section 4.1. Blood sampling andvaccination
Chapter 4.1.1. Hygienic precautions
Section 4.2. Destruction ofpathogens
Chapter 4.2.1. Disinfection ofeggs
Chapter 4.2.2. Disinfection offishfarms
Chapter 4.2.3. Disinfection ofmollusc farms
Chapter 4.2.4. Disinfection ofcrustacean farms
PART 5-MODEL INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATES APPROVED BYTHE OIE
No.1. International Health Certificate forlivefishandgametes
No.2. International Health Certificate fordeaduneviscerated fish
No.3. International Health Certificate forlivemolluscs
No.4. International Health Certificate forliveshrimps orprawns andtheirlarvae