Bluetongue Eradication Ordinance.

Country/Territory: Austria
Document type: Regulation
Date: 2006
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Original source: Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Part II, No. 515, 27 December 2006, 8 pp.
Long title: Ordinance by the Federal Minister for Health and Women on control and eradication of bluetongue.

Subject: Livestock
Keyword: Animal health Pests/diseases Grazing Quarantine Disinfection/disinfestation
Geographical area: Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe

Abstract: The purpose of the present Ordinance is to fight and eradicate the bluetongue disease in Austria. At the outset the Ordinance contains a definition clause relating to the various terms therein employed, such as "bluetongue", "bluetongue emergency plan", "official veterinary", "cleaning and disinfections", etc. The text consists of 12 articles divided into 4 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Official measures in case of suspect or confirmation of bluetongue in enterprises (2); Divisions in zones, preventive measures for the protection and control zone (3); Final provisions (4).
Full text: German