Ministerial Decree No. 1604/45066 establishing the Rabies Monitoring Programme. Country/Territory Greece Document type Regulation Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Efimeris tis Kyverniseos No. 1273, Part II, 11 April 2012, pp. 20083-20098. Subject Livestock, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Animal health Data collection/reporting Pests/diseases Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Entry into force notes The Decree shall enter into force as from the day of its publication on the Official Gazette. Abstract The present Decree approves the implementation of the rabies disease epidemiologic monitoring Programme which shall run for the year 2012 in the prefectures listed down in Table 1 contained in Annex I to the Decree. The wild and domestic animals to be monitored trough the Programme are listed down in the Tables 2, 3, and 4 of Annex I to this Decree. The program shall focus particularly on the monitoring of the wild red fox because of the increased frequency of appearance of the disease on this animal specie and also because this animal is the main reservoir of the rabies virus in the wild fauna. The technical details of application of the Program are put down in Annexes I, II, III, IV and V to this Decree. Full text Greek Website www.et.gr