This risk analysis examines the risks involved with the importation of deer germplasm from any country. An extensive hazard list of organisms of potential concern that could be associated with deer germplasm has been collated and preliminary hazards are identified as those that meet specified criteria. Mycobacterium bovis is the only endemic organism retained as a preliminary hazard since it is the subject of an official control programme under the Biosecurity Act 1993. Organisms that do not cause diseases of deer and those that cannot be carried in germplasm are excluded. The latter group included all external and internal metazoan parasites and diseases which are transmitted only by arthropod vectors.
Organisms identified as hazards in the commodity are subjected to risk assessment to provide a risk estimate by considering the likelihood of entry (the disease agent being present in an animal at the time of importation), exposure (likelihood of spread and establishment if imported) and any adverse consequences likely to follow these events. For organisms that are classified as a risk, risk management options are presented including quarantine, serological testing, agent isolation or identification, treatment and restriction of germplasm donors to those originating from free herds, zones or countries.
The following are classified as risks in the commodity and risk management options have been suggested: Bovine viral diarrhoea virus 2, cervine adenovirus, cervid herpesvirus 1 and bovine herpesvirus 1, foot and mouth disease virus, lumpy skin disease virus, peste des petits ruminants virus, Rift Valley fever virus, vesicular stomatitis virus, Brucella spp., Chlamydophila abortus, exotic Leptospira serovars, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycoplasma bovis, Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC, Coxiella burnetii, exotic Salmonella serotypes and phage types, and chronic wasting disease.
Deer germplasm - Final import risk analysis (July 2011)
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Risk analysis
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Semen & Embryos, Importing, Overview, Live Animals
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