Download Hatching eggs of domestic ducks (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus and Cairina moschata) from the European Union, Canada, the United States of America, and Australia - Import risk analysis (May 2012)

This import risk analysis supplements MPI’s Import Risk Analysis: Hatching eggs from chickens (Gallus gallus) from the European Union, Canada, the United States of America, and Australia, dated 28 January 2009.
The diseases considered to be a risk in chicken hatching eggs are assumed to be a risk in duck hatching eggs and the risk mitigation steps previously outlined for chicken hatching eggs are considered appropriate for the importation of duck hatching eggs. This analysis outlines the additional biosecurity risks associated with the importation of duck hatching eggs from the European Union, Canada, the United States of America, and Australia.
As a result of further risk assessments of diseases found in ducks, it is concluded that duck virus enteritis virus (anatid herpesvirus 1), goose and muscovy duck parvoviruses (muscovy ducks and their hybrid breeds only), muscovy duck reovirus (muscovy ducks and their hybrid breeds only), and Chlamydia psittaci should be considered a risk in duck hatching eggs and options are presented for their effective management.