Self-declared Disease Status

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Publications

Publications of self-declaration of disease freedom are handled in an objective and transparent manner, governed by the Standard Operating Procedure here below.

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Equine Disease-Free Zone (EDFZ)

Members can also submit for publication, a self-declaration of an Equine Disease-Free Zone (EDFZ). The EDFZ contains an equine population or subpopulation with a specific health status with respect to certain equine diseases for which freedom is declared by the Veterinary Authority. Establishing an EDFZ is a risk-based approach which can be considered by Members planning to host international horse sports competitions. By establishing an EDFZ, disease-risks in the zone can be mitigated in advance for horses to safely enter and return to their countries of origin or to other destinations. Guidelines to support countries in the establishment of an EDFZ and the publication of their self-declaration are available to download:

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Recently published self-declarations

More information on Members’ historical and current animal health situation will soon be available on WAHIS.

Country	From	To	Self-declared freedom from	Country/ zone / compartment	Self-declaration status
Denmark	20/02/2023	16/03/2023	High pathogenicity avian influenza	Country	Not active
Paraguay	01/01/2023		High pathogenicity avian influenza (PDF in Spanish)	Country	Active
Ireland	21/12/2022		High pathogenicity avian influenza (PDF)	Country	Active
China (Peop.’s Rep. of)	21/12/2022	31/12/2023	Equine Disease Free Zone (PDF)	Zone	Temporary
Portugal	29/11/2022		High pathogenicity avian influenza (PDF)	Country	Active
Poland	02/11/2022	06/12/2022	High pathogenicity avian influenza	Country	Not active
Colombia	28/09/2022		Newcastle Disease (PDF in Spanish)	Country	Active
Montenegro	08/09/2022		Rabies (PDF)	Country	Active
Korea (Rep. of)	29/08/2022		Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus (PDF)	Country	Active
Hungary	27/07/2022	04/11/2022	High pathogenicity avian influenza	Country	Not active
Türkiye	01/07/2022		Sheep pox and goat pox (PDF)	Zone	Active
Japan	13/06/2022	27/10/2022	High pathogenicity avian influenza	Country	Not active
Argentina	01/06/2022		Diseases in salmonids (PDF in Spanish)	Country	Active
Lithuania	01/06/2022		Rabies (PDF)	Country	Active
Czech Republic	16/05/2022	01/12/2022	High pathogenicity avian influenza	Country	Not active
Bulgaria	15/04/2022		Rabies (PDF)	Country	Active
Denmark	16/03/2022	08/11/2022	High pathogenicity avian influenza	Country	Not active
Slovenia	04/02/2022	24/02/2023	High pathogenicity avian influenza	Country	Not Active
Sweden	28/01/2022	20/03/2023	High pathogenicity avian influenza	Country	Not active
Ireland	21/01/2022	12/11/2022	High pathogenicity avian influenza	Country	Not active
China (Peop.’s Rep. of)	04/01/2022	31/12/2022	Equine Disease Free Zone (PDF)	Zone	Temporary
Egypt	01/12/2021		High pathogenicity avian influenza (PDF)	Compartment	Active
United States of America	06/10/2021		African swine fever and the establishment of a Protection Zone (PDF) Establishment of a Protection Zone (PDF)	Country Zone	Active
Republic of Korea	09/09/2021		Infection with abalone herpesvirus (PDF)	Country	Active
Japan	06/07/2021	05/09/2021	Equine Disease Free Zone (PDF)	Zone	Temporary
Slovakia	01/07/2021	30/09/2022	Rabies	Country	Not active
Ukraine	28/05/2021		High pathogenicity avian influenza (PDF)	Country	Active
Finland	12/05/2021		High pathogenicity avian influenza (PDF)	Country	Active
New Zealand	17/04/2021		Brucella abortus (PDF)	Country	Active
Japan	01/04/2021		Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in bovids (PDF)	Country	Active
Japan	01/04/2021		Brucellosis in bovids (PDF)	Country	Active
Syria	01/03/2021	30/04/2021	Equine Disease Free Zone (PDF)	Zone	Temporary
Indonesia	29/01/2021		High pathogenicity avian influenza (PDF)	Compartment	Active
Egypt	01/01/2021		Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (PDF)	Compartment	Active
Egypt	01/01/2021		Brucella (PDF)	Compartment	Active
Egypt	01/01/2021		Equine Infectious Anaemia (PDF)	Country	Active
Spain	21/12/2020		Bluetongue (PDF)	Zone	Active
Egypt	09/11/2020		Glanders (PDF)	Country	Active
Egypt	08/11/2020		Dourine (PDF)	Country	Active
New Zealand	08/10/2020		Theileria equi (PDF)	Country	Active
Belgium	01/10/2020		African swine fever (PDF)	Country	Active
Kuwait	17/09/2020		Glanders (PDF)	Country	Active
Korea (Rep. of)	01/08/2020		Infection with Gyrodactylus salaris (PDF)	Country	Active
Chile	26/03/2020	10/03/2023	Avian Influenza in poultry	Country	Not Active
Peru	31/01/2020		Infection with infectious myonecrosis virus (PDF)	Country	Active
Peru	31/01/2020		Infection with yellow head virus genotype1 (PDF)	Country	Active
Bolivia	30/01/2020	21/01/2023	Avian influenza	Country	Not Active
Paraguay	01/01/2020		Newcastle Disease (PDF)	Country	Active
Romania	01/01/2020		Brucellosis in bovids (PDF)	Country	Active
Korea (Rep. of)	01/09/2019		Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus (PDF)	Country	Active
Ecuador	01/08/2019	25/11/2022	Highly pathogenic avian influenza	Country	Not Active
Japan	01/08/2019	31/08/2019	Equine Disease Free Zone (PDF)	Zone	Temporary
Canada	03/07/2019		African swine fever (PDF)	Country	Active
Mexico	02/07/2019		Dourine (PDF)	Country	Active
Mexico	29/05/2019		Glanders (PDF)	Country	Active
Mexico	15/05/2019		New world screw-worm (cochliomyia hominivorax) and Old world screw-worm (chrysomya bezzania) (PDF)	Country	Active
Czech Republic	19/04/2019	29/11/2022	African swine fever	Country	Not active
Italy	20/03/2019		Swine Vesicular Disease (PDF)	Country	Active
Austria	05/02/2019		Bluetongue (PDF)	Country	Active
Estonia	19/09/2018		African swine fever (PDF)	Country	Active

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Self-declarations published since 2000

WOAH provides self-declarations published since 2000. These self-declarations with an active status are available online: