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Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission (Proposed Drafts and Updates)

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Instructions for Submitting Comments*
Step 1: Identify the "specific text" you are commenting on;
Step 2: Write The specific proposed text changes (Rewrite the text the way it should read); and
Step 3: Include the supporting scientific rationale for your proposed change of the text.

(All comments should be clearly stated, specific to the text within the proposed document, and supported by a scientific rationale.)*

Note: Please do not use the automatic "track-change" function provided by word processing software as such changes are lost in the OIE's process of collating submitted comments into the Code Commissions working documents.

Section 1

October 2008 Report (comments due by January 20, 2009)

Draft Proposals January 2009
Comments Submitted to OIE
Proposed for Adoption at the General Session May 2009
Bovine tuberculosis of farmed cervidae (pdf) (rtf) Bovine tuberculosis of farmed cervidae (pdf) (rtf) Bovine tuberculosis of farmed cervidae (pdf) (rtf)
Collection and processing of bovine, small ruminant and porcine semen (pdf) (rtf) Collection and processing of bovine, small ruminant and porcine semen (pdf) (rtf) Collection and processing of bovine, small ruminant and porcine semen (pdf) (rtf)
Draft Guidelines on Stray Dog Population Control (pdf) (rtf) Draft Guidelines on Stray Dog Population Control (pdf) (rtf) Draft Guidelines on Stray Dog Population Control (pdf) (rtf)
General guidelines for surveillance of arthropod vectors of animal diseases (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted General guidelines for surveillance of arthropod vectors of animal diseases (pdf) (rtf)
General hygiene in semen collection and processing centers (pdf) (rtf) General hygiene in semen collection and processing centers (pdf) (rtf) General hygiene in semen collection and processing centers (pdf) (rtf)
Introduction to the recommendations for controlling antimicrobial resistance (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Introduction to the recommendations for controlling antimicrobial resistance (pdf) (rtf)

Section 2

There are forty four (44) chapters for comment in Section 2. You may comment only on the proposed changes in the documents. Text proposed for deletion has a strike-through and text proposed to be added is double underlined. Please identify the article or specific text in the chapter you are commenting on, propose new language (if any) and provide a scientific rationale for your proposed language.

(It is very important that you identify the article or text in the document you are commenting on, propose new language (if any) and provide a scientific rationale for your proposed changes.)

October 2008 Report (comments due by January 20, 2009)

Draft Proposals January 2009
Comments Submitted to OIE
Proposed for Adoption at the General Session May 2009
Acarapisosis of honey bees (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Acarapisosis of honey bees (pdf) (rtf)
African horse sickness (pdf) (rtf) African horse sickness (pdf) (rtf) African horse sickness (pdf) (rtf)
Animal health surveillance (pdf) (rtf) Animal health surveillance (pdf) (rtf) Animal health surveillance (pdf) (rtf)
Animal health measures applicable before and at departure (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Animal health measures applicable before and at departure (pdf) (rtf)
American foul brood of honey bees (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted American foul brood of honey bees (pdf) (rtf)
Application of compartmentalisation (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Application of compartmentalisation (pdf) (rtf)
Avian influenza (pdf) (rtf) Avian influenza (pdf) (rtf) Avian influenza (pdf) (rtf)
Bluetongue (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Bluetongue (pdf) (rtf)
Bovine cysticercosis (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Bovine cysticercosis (pdf) (rtf)
Bovine tuberculosis (pdf) (rtf) Bovine tuberculosis (pdf) (rtf) Bovine tuberculosis (pdf) (rtf)
Border posts and quarantine stations in the importing country (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Border posts and quarantine stations in the importing country (pdf) (rtf)
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (pdf) (rtf) Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (pdf) (rtf) Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (pdf) (rtf)
Categorisation of diseases and pathogenic agents (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Categorisation of diseases and pathogenic agents (pdf) (rtf)
Certification procedures (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Certification procedures (pdf) (rtf)
Collection and processing of in-vivo derived embryos (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Collection and processing of in-vivo derived embryos (pdf) (rtf)
Collection and processing of in-vitro fertilized bovine embryos/in-vitro maturing bovine oocytes (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Collection and processing of in-vitro fertilized bovine embryos/in-vitro maturing bovine oocytes (pdf) (rtf)
Collection and processing of micro-manipulated bovine embryos (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Collection and processing of micro-manipulated bovine embryos (pdf) (rtf)
Collection and processing of laboratory rodent and rabbit embryos/ova (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Collection and processing of laboratory rodent and rabbit embryos/ova (pdf) (rtf)
Control of hazards of animal health and public health importance in animal feed (pdf) (rtf) Control of hazards of animal health and public health importance in animal feed (pdf) (rtf) Control of hazards of animal health and public health importance in animal feed (pdf) (rtf)
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (pdf) (rtf)
Classical swine fever (pdf) (rtf) Classical swine fever (pdf) (rtf) Classical swine fever (pdf) (rtf)
Design and implementation of identification systems to achieve animal traceability (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Design and implementation of identification systems to achieve animal traceability (pdf) (rtf)
Detection, control and prevention of non-typhoid salmonella in chickens (pdf) (rtf) Detection, control and prevention of non-typhoid salmonella in chickens (pdf) (rtf) Detection, control and prevention of non-typhoid salmonella in chickens (pdf) (rtf)
Equine influenza (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Equine influenza (pdf) (rtf)
Equine rhinopneumonitis (pdf) (rtf) Equine rhinopneumonitis (pdf) (rtf) Equine rhinopneumonitis (pdf) (rtf)
European foulbrood of honey bees (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted European foulbrood of honey bees (pdf) (rtf)
Equine viral arteritis (pdf) (rtf) Equine viral arteritis (pdf) (rtf) Equine viral arteritis (pdf) (rtf)
Foot and mouth disease (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Foot and mouth disease (pdf) (rtf)
General obligations related to certification (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted General obligations related to certification (pdf) (rtf)
Glossary (pdf) (rtf) Glossary (pdf) (rtf) Glossary (pdf) (rtf)
Guidelines for import risk analysis (pdf) (rtf) Guidelines for import risk analysis (pdf) (rtf) Import Risk Analysis (pdf) (rtf)
Leptospirosis (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Leptospirosis (pdf) (rtf)
Newcastle disease (pdf) (rtf) Newcastle disease (pdf) (rtf) Newcastle disease (pdf) (rtf)
Rabies (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Rabies (pdf) (rtf)
Rift valley fever (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Rift valley fever (pdf) (rtf)
Rinderpest (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Rinderpest (pdf) (rtf)
Role of the Veterinary Services in food safety (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Role of the Veterinary Services in food safety (pdf) (rtf)
Scrapie (pdf) (rtf) Scrapie (pdf) (rtf) Scrapie (pdf) (rtf)
Small hive beetle infestation (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Small hive beetle infestation (pdf) (rtf)
Somatic cell nuclear transfer in production livestock and horses (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Somatic cell nuclear transfer in production livestock and horses (pdf) (rtf)
Teschovirus encephalomyelitis (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Teschovirus encephalomyelitis (pdf) (rtf)
Tropilaelaps infestation of honey bees (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Tropilaelaps infestation of honey bees (pdf) (rtf)
Varroosis of honey bees (pdf) (rtf) No comments submitted Varroosis of honey bees (pdf) (rtf)
West nile fever (pdf) (rtf) West nile fever (pdf) (rtf) West nile fever (pdf) (rtf)
Zoning and compartmentalisation (pdf) (rtf) Zoning and compartmenta-lisation (pdf) (rtf) Zoning and compartmentalisation (pdf) (rtf)

March and September 2008 Report Draft Proposals and Comments Submitted to OIE

March 2007 Report Draft Proposals and Comments Submitted to OIE March 2007

October 2006 Report Draft Proposals and Comments Submitted to OIE May 2007

March 2006 Report Draft Proposals and Comments Submitted to OIE August 2006

January 2005 Report Draft Proposals and Comments Submitted to OIE May 2005

 

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