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Standard Operating Procedures
Standard Operating Procedure for determining whether an aquatic animal disease should be considered an emerging disease
| This SOP describes the process to be followed for determining if an aquatic animal disease meets the Aquatic Code definition of an ‘emerging disease’, and subsequent actions.
The procedure is composed of four components: A. Identification of an aquatic animal disease to be considered; B. Decision to initiate the process of assessment; C. Assessment of an emerging disease; D. Actions for a disease recognised as an emerging disease by the AAHSC; E. Actions for diseases no longer considered as emerging diseases by the AAHSC; F. actions for diseases assessed as not meeting the definition of an emerging disease by the AAHSC. |