Assessment of the control measures of the category A diseases of Animal Health Law: Burkholderia mallei (Glanders)

Søren Saxmose Nielsen (1) , Julio Alvarez (2) , Dominique Joseph Bicout (3) , Paolo Calistri (4) , Elisabetta Canali (5) , Julian Ashley Drewe (6) , Bruno Garin‐bastuji (7) , José Luis Gonzales Rojas (8) , Christian Gortázar Schmidt (9) , Mette Herskin (10) , Virginie Michel (7) , Miguel Ángel Miranda Chueca (11) , Barbara Padalino (12) , Paolo Pasquali (13) , Hans Spoolder (14) , Karl Ståhl (15) , Antonio Velarde (16) , Arvo Viltrop (17) , Christoph Winckler (18) , Simon Gubbins (19) , Karine Laroucau (20) , Sotiria‐eleni Antoniou (21) , Inma Aznar (21) , Alessandro Broglia (21) , Eliana Lima (21) , Yves van der Stede (21) , Gabriele Zancanaro (21) , Helen Clare Roberts (21)

1 UCPH - University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet
2 VISAVET - Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria [Madrid]
3 ILL - Institut Laue-Langevin
4 IZS Teramo - Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "Giuseppe Caporale"
5 UNIMI - Università degli Studi di Milano = University of Milan
6 Royal Veterinary College [London]
7 DSP - Direction de la Stratégie et des Programmes
8 Wageningen BioVeterinary Research
9 UCLM - Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha = University of Castilla-La Mancha
10 Aarhus University [Aarhus]
11 UIB - Universitat de les Illes Balears = Universidad de las Islas Baleares = University of the Balearic Islands
12 UNIBO - Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna = University of Bologna
13 ISS - Istituto Superiore di Sanità = National Institute of Health
14 WUR - Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]
15 SVA - National Veterinary Institute [Uppsala]
16 IRTA - Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries = Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology
17 EMU - Estonian University of Life Sciences
18 BOKU - Universität für Bodenkultur Wien = University of Natural Resources and Life [Vienne, Autriche]
19 The Pirbright Institute
20 UZB - Unité Zoonoses Bactériennes
21 EFSA - European Food Safety Authority

EFSA received a mandate from the European Commission to assess the effectiveness of some of the control measures against diseases included in the Category A list according to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 on transmissible animal diseases ('Animal Health Law'). This opinion belongs to a series of opinions where these control measures will be assessed, with this opinion covering the assessment of control measures for glanders. In this opinion, EFSA and the AHAW Panel of experts review the effectiveness of: (i) clinical and laboratory sampling procedures, (ii) monitoring period and (iii) the minimum radius of the protection and surveillance zone, and the minimum length of time the measures should be applied in these zones. The general methodology used for this series of opinions has been published elsewhere. Considering the epidemiology and distribution of glanders, it was foreseen that three different situations could lead to a suspicion of the disease. Sampling procedures were defined for each of the three different suspicion types, which can also be applied in most of the other scenarios assessed. The monitoring period (6 months) was assessed as effective in all scenarios. The AHAW Panel of experts considered the minimum radius and duration of the existing protection and surveillance zone, set at the establishment level, effective. Recommendations provided for each of the scenarios assessed aim to support the European Commission in the drafting of further pieces of legislation, as well as for plausible ad hoc requests in relation to glanders.

Mots clés: Burkholderia mallei (Glanders) disease control measures glanders Burkholderia mallei sampling procedures monitoring period protection zone surveillance zone Requestor: European Commission; Burkholderia mallei (Glanders) disease control measures; glanders; Burkholderia mallei; sampling procedures; monitoring period; protection zone; surveillance zone Requestor: European Commission

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Julio Alvarez, Dominique Joseph Bicout, Paolo Calistri, Elisabetta Canali, et al.. Assessment of the control measures of the category A diseases of Animal Health Law: Burkholderia mallei (Glanders). EFSA Journal, 2023, 20 (1), pp.e07069. ⟨10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7069⟩. ⟨anses-03925580⟩